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A town of 1,210 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mauves has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,323/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. Its strongest is schools (B+): bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mauves with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mauves as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Tournon-sur-Rhône, 2.2 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Mauves. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Tournon3.4 km north, in Tournon-sur-Rhône
AttractionMaison dite de Diane de Poitiers2.9 km southeast, in La Roche-de-GlunAttractionAttractionAutel taurobolique de Tain-l'Hermitage3.8 km north, in Tain-l'HermitageFortFortTour de la Vierge3.2 km north, in Tournon-sur-RhôneChâteauChâteauChâteau Durtail4.9 km south, in Saint-Romain-de-LerpsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Châteaubourg4.6 km south, in ChâteaubourgPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mauves.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Mauves is Clinique Pasteur, 7.6 mi away. 94 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 89: 6% above. Women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Mauves have one GP on hand.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 89%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 153 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Gabriel FaureBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 44 | 93%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,323/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Mauves from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.50/m² a month. Houses made up 82% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,520/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €26,090 a year per consumption unit, above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Mauves number 350, against 550 residents in work (0.6 per worker). No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
22% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Ardèche’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). Mauves has a median age of 44.6. People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Mauves | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Mauves is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mauves yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauves | 1,210 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône | 11,279 | 1.7 | B | B | C | C+ |
| La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 3,569 | 1.9 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Tain-l'Hermitage Drôme | 5,915 | 2.5 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Pont-de-l'Isère Drôme | 3,681 | 2.9 | D | C | C− | D |
| Mercurol-Veaunes Drôme | 2,816 | 3.9 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère Drôme | 4,281 | 6.2 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mauves has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. 98% of 153 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Sacré-Coeur in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,323/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mauves grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mauves is a commune of 1,210 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.