Where it does best is schools: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,494/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−): 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Alban-Auriolles 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Alban-Auriolles 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Dolmen du Calvaire · Classé · Photo: Zohar Stolar · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Alban-Auriolles’ story
Saint-Alban-Auriolles in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Alban-Auriolles counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Alban-Auriolles: 34% are 65 or over, above Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
13% are under 15, below both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.5% of the population. Also worth knowing: among adults, 30% have a degree.
54.8median age
Saint-Alban-AuriollesArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Saint-Alban-Auriolles walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
The median disposable income is €25,280 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 14.3%, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Saint-Alban-Auriolles didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
150
jobs based in Saint-Alban-Auriolles, 0.4 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Alban-Auriolles sees fewer deaths than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
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. From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Saint-Alban-Auriolles died, against 129 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Alban-Auriolles is Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas, 13.3 mi away.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Alban-Auriolles · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Alban-Auriolles keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Alban-Auriolles is Dolmen du Calvaire. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Alban-Auriolles counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Alban-Auriolles 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.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Alban-Auriolles, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,494/m². Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
€2,494/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Alban-Auriolles€2,494/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,513/m²
38
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.63 to €11.94/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Alban-Auriolles counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Alban-Auriolles
Is Saint-Alban-Auriolles safe?
Saint-Alban-Auriolles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Alban-Auriolles good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Alban-Auriolles 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 €2,494/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alban-Auriolles grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Alban-Auriolles
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Alban-Auriolles is a commune of 1,138 people in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'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
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.
