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Saint-André-de-CruzièresArdèche

467 people call this town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.

Is Saint-André-de-Cruzières a good place to live?

Saint-André-de-Cruzières has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 38% of homes. 38% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-André-de-Cruzières stand out

The 2 things Saint-André-de-Cruzières does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Raymondseneque · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-André-de-Cruzières’ story

Saint-André-de-Cruzières in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-André-de-Cruzières: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1910First protected: Croix de cimetière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-André-de-Cruzières.

Who lives here

Saint-André-de-Cruzières has fewer young adults than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

The under-15s are 7% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Saint-André-de-Cruzières are older than 59.7.

59.7median age
Saint-André-de-CruzièresArdèche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 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 Saint-André-de-Cruzières
Saint-André-de-CruzièresArdèche medianFrance median
Under 157%16%17%
15–246.3%9.9%11%
25–4415%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+38%27%22%
No diploma12%24%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education38%25%30%

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

History

Saint-André-de-Cruzières keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 42% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-André-de-Cruzières is Croix de cimetière. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-André-de-Cruzières has higher unemployment than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 19.4%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.6% of commuters at the census. For its 150 residents in work, Saint-André-de-Cruzières has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income is €22,340 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Saint-André-de-Cruzières, 0.3 per working resident
19.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-André-de-Cruzières than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.74/m² a month

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

Sales in Saint-André-de-Cruzières from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments.

€9.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-André-de-Cruzières€9.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardèche median€10.27/m²
€9.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.86 to €12.06/m² a month)
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-André-de-Cruzières

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Landmarks

The list names few of Saint-André-de-Cruzières’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Croix de cimetière: Photo: Kmyle · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-André-de-Cruzières

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-André-de-Cruzières yet.

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Saint-André-de-Cruzières’ 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 →
Saint-AmbroixBessègesLes VansRoussonSalindresSaint-Julien-les-RosiersSaint-AmbroixBessègesLes VansRoussonSalindresSaint-Julien-les-RosiersSaint-André-de-Cruzières
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-André-de-Cruzières467—————
Saint-Ambroix Gard3,4454.1D−BC−D
Bessèges Gard2,6065.7C+AC+D
Les Vans2,6627.3CCCB
Rousson Gard4,4569.5DC−A+C+
Salindres Gard3,64810D−C−BD
Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers Gard3,53311—C—C

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

About Saint-André-de-Cruzières

Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-André-de-Cruzières is a commune of 467 people in the Communauté de communes Pays des Vans en Cévennes. 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
467 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays des Vans en Cévennes
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.9 sq mi (20.3 km²)
INSEE code
07211

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 8, 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.