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Saint-RemèzeArdèche

Home to 847 people, this town lies in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Saint-Remèze a good place to live?

Saint-Remèze isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up just over a fifth of its housing.

What makes Saint-Remèze stand out

The one thing Saint-Remèze does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Groupe de dolmens de la forêt de Malbosc
Groupe de dolmens de la forêt de Malbosc · Classé · Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Remèze’s story

Saint-Remèze in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Remèze 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.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-Antoine Dubois, born in 1766, is the one person born in Saint-Remèze before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1889First protected: Groupe de dolmens de la forêt de Malbosc
  • 2017Most recently protected: grotte des Potiers de Gaud
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Remèze.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Remèze than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15

The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 27% of residents are 65 or over. The middle age in Saint-Remèze is 50.2.

50.2median age
Saint-RemèzeArdèche medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Remèze
Saint-RemèzeArdèche medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–249.1%9.9%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP34%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education25%25%30%

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

History

Saint-Remèze keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919

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

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Remèze counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Groupe de dolmens de la forêt de Malbosc. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-Remèze has higher unemployment than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 15.0%

At the census, 7.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Remèze holds 150 jobs; 350 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. The median disposable income is €25,120 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Saint-Remèze, 0.5 per working resident
15.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Homes in Saint-Remèze sell for a median €2,429/m²

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

Advertised rents are estimated at €10.32/m² a month, close to Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Saint-Remèze from July 2023 to June 2026: 40 houses and apartments.

€2,429/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Remèze€2,429/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,505/m²35
€10.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.64 to €13.95/m² a month)
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Aven Marzal and 7 more in and around Saint-Remèze

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Saint-Remèze. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Remèze

13pages on Saint-Remèze

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Remèze counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Groupe de dolmens de la forêt de Malbosc: Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Remèze

One notable person was born in Saint-Remèze.

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Saint-Remèze’s 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 →
Bourg-Saint-AndéolPierrelatteViviersDonzèreLapaludVilleneuve-de-BergBourg-Saint-AndéolPierrelatteViviersDonzèreLapaludVilleneuve-de-BergSaint-Remèze
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Remèze847—————
Bourg-Saint-Andéol7,6616.9B−B+B−C+
Pierrelatte Drôme13,7569.9C+B−CB−
Viviers3,63311C−B+C+C−
Donzère Drôme6,00811DB+CC−
Lapalud Vaucluse3,85311CC+B+C−
Villeneuve-de-Berg3,03111CB+B+C−

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

About Saint-Remèze

Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Remèze is a commune of 847 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

Population
847 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
16.8 sq mi (43.6 km²)
INSEE code
07291

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 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.