Housing is within reach (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability (C) — 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Quintenas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
How Quintenas grades
Each subject compares Quintenas 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer people in Quintenas are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.8%
6.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs based in Quintenas number 200, against 750 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,590 a year per consumption unit, above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Quintenas, 0.3 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Quintenas keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Quintenas is Pont suspendu sur la Cance dit Pont du Moulin (ancien). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Quintenas are under 15, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Ardèche’s towns (27%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Ages in Quintenas split evenly at 45.2: half are older, half younger.
45.2median age
QuintenasArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Quintenas has a lower adjusted death rate than 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 139 deaths in Quintenas from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 13% fewer. One GP practises here.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Quintenas · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
3.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Quintenas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 4.7. 6 offenses were reported in Quintenas during 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud7
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
68.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 68.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pont suspendu sur la Cance dit Pont du Moulin (ancien): Photo: François Bassaget · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pont suspendu sur la Cance dit Pont du Moulin (ancien): Photo: François Bassaget · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Quintenas
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Quintenas yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Quintenas
Is Quintenas safe?
Quintenas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Quintenas expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,233/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Quintenas grades B+ for cost of living.
About Quintenas
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Quintenas is a commune of 1,770 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône 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
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.
