Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 891 residents and lies in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Désirat is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Désirat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Champagne, 1.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Désirat. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Désirat.
18% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up a third of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Désirat | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Saint-Désirat holds 900 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 2.2 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €26,600 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé les Goelands PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 90%−1 pt |
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.
Among the homes sold, 95% were houses. Saint-Désirat recorded 19 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.59/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Désirat 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 Saint-Désirat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Désirat | 891 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 3.3 | D | B | D | C |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 3.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 3.8 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Chanas Isère | 2,706 | 4.5 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Anneyron Drôme | 4,169 | 5.3 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Annonay | 17,274 | 5.5 | B+ | A | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Désirat is a commune of 891 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
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.