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A town of 1,139 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Rompon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rompon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rompon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont suspendu sur l'Eyrieux (ancien), in Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux, 3 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rompon.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,590 a year per consumption unit, above both Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.1% of commuters at the census. 100 jobs are based in Rompon, for 500 working residents (0.2 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 7.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Rompon: 104 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of Rompon died, against 73 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Rompon is Centre hospitalier de Privas Ardeche, 7.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women, 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. 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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.6 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alex MézencNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 86%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Rompon | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 7.2 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche. The estimated advertised rent is €9.87/m² a month, close to Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Rompon: 36 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,508/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Rompon 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 Rompon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rompon | 1,139 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Le Pouzin | 2,886 | 2 | C | B− | C | B− |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône | 4,854 | 3.7 | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 6,614 | 4.7 | C− | B | D | B− |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 5.4 | — | B | — | B |
| Livron-sur-Drôme Drôme | 9,329 | 5.6 | C− | B− | C | C |
| Privas | 8,538 | 7 | B− | A− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rompon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rompon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rompon is a commune of 1,139 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Privas Centre Ardèche. 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.