Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,384 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
School results are strong (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living (A+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 28% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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). Saint-Alban-d'Ay 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-d'Ay 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.
Saint-Alban-d'Ay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-Alban-d'Ay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Alban-d'Ay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1933.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Saint-Alban-d'Ay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alban-d'Ay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.3 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph en Val d'Ay PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 100%+7 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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 28 homes in Saint-Alban-d'Ay.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Alban-d'Ay has 100 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income was €26,680 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735). No commute at all: 2.0% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
9.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents. Half the people of Saint-Alban-d'Ay are older than 47.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alban-d'Ay | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 122 deaths in Saint-Alban-d'Ay from 2016 to 2025; there were 108, 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Alban-d'Ay is Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord, 4 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In 2025, other physical violence led the graded crimes in Saint-Alban-d'Ay. Graded property crimes ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.7 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Alban-d'Ay. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Alban-d'Ay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Alban-d'Ay is a commune of 1,384 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Ay. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban-d'Ay | 1,384 | — | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Roiffieux | 2,743 | 2.8 | — | A− | — | A |
| Annonay | 17,274 | 4.2 | B+ | A | C− | B |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 4.6 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 5.6 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Bourg-Argental Loire | 2,886 | 8.5 | A+ | A | B+ | B |
| Saint-Vallier Drôme | 4,027 | 8.6 | C+ | A | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Alban-d'Ay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 November 4, 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.