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A town of 2,220 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Sarras has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,915/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Sarras does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sarras 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Sarras as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château et ses jardins à la française, in Saint-Vallier, 1.1 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sarras.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Sarras has 2 family doctors. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Sarras come to 100 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 181 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 181, about as many. Women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Unemployment stood at 10.3%, below Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Sarras has 850 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.9 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,600 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
55 sales of houses and apartments in Sarras, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,915/m². Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,915/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Ardèche’s towns (27%). Sarras has a median age of 45.4 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sarras | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sarras, 93.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André CotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri LaurensNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 125 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 21 offenses were recorded in Sarras. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.9 violent offenses and 9.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Sarras. Best known first.
Nothing in Sarras is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Sarras as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarras | 2,220 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Vallier Drôme | 4,027 | 1 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 4.7 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 6.6 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Roiffieux | 2,743 | 7.1 | — | A− | — | A |
| Anneyron Drôme | 4,169 | 7.3 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 7.3 | D | B | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sarras has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 125 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Henri Laurens in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,915/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sarras grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sarras is a commune of 2,220 people in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.