31% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 21% of the people here. Among adults, 33% have a degree.

48.8median age

PayzacArdèche medianFrance median

Ardèche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

31%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%

CAP or BEP26%

Baccalauréat24%

Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Payzac
	Payzac	Ardèche median	France median
Under 15	21%	16%	17%
15–24	4.9%	9.9%	11%
25–44	19%	21%	23%
45–64	24%	26%	26%
65+	31%	27%	22%
No diploma	10%	24%	19%
CAP or BEP	26%	26%	26%
Baccalauréat	24%	18%	18%
Higher education	33%	25%	30%

Full pagePayzac’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages48.8 median age · 31% are 65 or over Households250 households · 1.9 people per household Born abroad8.8% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Payzac?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Payzac: 37% were built before 1919, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in the 15th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Payzac counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit1

15th c.

oldest protected part

1961

first monument protected

1989

protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)

37%

of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Full pagePayzac’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes37% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Payzac?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

More people in Payzac are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.6%

Jobs based in Payzac number 100, against 150 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €23,950 a year per consumption unit, between Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970). A tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%

Public transport4%

Bicycle4%

On foot2%

Motorbike or scooter1%

100

jobs based in Payzac, 0.7 per working resident

14.6%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€23,950

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

10%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Jobs based here100 jobs based here · 0.7 per working resident Getting to work10% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€23,950 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 3.1 mi off.

88.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Payzac88.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège Léonce VieljeuxNearest collègeCollège	Collège	78	88%−2 pts

88.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate

3.1 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pagePayzac’s schools pageOpen the page

Collèges88.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Payzac than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.54/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. The market in Payzac: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Payzac€9.54/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Ardèche median€10.27/m²

€9.54/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.63 to €11.94/m² a month)

€8.37/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pagePayzac’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€9.54/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Sur les Traces des Premiers Dinosaures and 6 more in and around Payzac

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Payzac. Best known first.

All attractions →

MuseumMuseumSur les Traces des Premiers Dinosauresin town AttractionAttractionPont de Chambonas4.7 km southwest, in Chambonas ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chassagnes4.7 km south, in Les Vans MuseumMuseumTerra Cabra3.8 km north, in Planzolles GardenGardenOasis Buissonière4.3 km south, in Chambonas AttractionAttractionCéven'Aventure4.9 km southeast, in Les Assions

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Payzac

13pages on Payzac

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 16.5 mi away Housing23 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute100 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 48.8 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

The list names few of Payzac’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Chapelle funéraireFunerary monument · 19th c.

Classé

Église Saint-VictorChurch · 12th–16th c. · in Gravières, 3.6 mi

Classé

Dolmen de la LauzeDolmen · Prehistory · in Banne, 5.4 mi

Classé

Église de ThinesChurch · in Malarce-sur-la-Thines, 5.7 mi

Photo credits

Chapelle funéraire: Photo: Alainauzas · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Payzac

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Payzac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Payzac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ardèche →

Les VansBessègesSaint-AmbroixSaint-Étienne-de-FontbellonAubenasLa Grand-CombePayzac

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Payzac	539	—	—	—	—	—
Les Vans	2,662	3.5	C	C	C	B
Bessèges Gard	2,606	11	C⁺	A	C⁺	D
Saint-Ambroix Gard	3,445	14	D⁻	B	C⁻	D
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon	2,920	15	A	C⁺	A	B
Aubenas	12,416	16	B⁺	B	D	A⁻
La Grand-Combe Gard	4,783	17	C	A	C⁻	C⁻

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Payzac

Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Payzac is a commune of 539 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Beaume-Drobie. 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

Population: 539 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes du Pays Beaume-Drobie
Département: Ardèche (07)
Région: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 5.1 sq mi (13.2 km²)
INSEE code: 07171

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.