Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s strongest is walkability — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime runs high (D): an average of 12.8 recorded violent incidents and 22.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Work and incomes lag (C−): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 19.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,611/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vallon-Pont-d'Arc 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 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc 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.
Grotte ornée du paléolithique supérieur située au lieudit "Combe d'Arc" dite grotte Chauvet · Classé · Photo: Inocybe sur Wikipédia français · Public domain
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s story
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 13 historic monuments in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc before 1900, the earliest Isidore Valladier, in 1799.
The Culture ministry lists 13 historic monuments in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level).
Grotte d'Ebbou dite de Chamas: Photo: Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien château: Photo: Prankster · Public domain · Grotte de Louoï: Photo: JYB Devot · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.
Safety
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc sees more crime per resident than 91% of compared French towns
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
The police record for Vallon-Pont-d'Arc lists 80 offenses in 2025. The town has 1,300 jobs for 750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage32
Other physical violence24
Theft from vehicles16
Family violence8
Theft without violence47
Fraud16
Drug use13
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
80
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Vallon-Pont-d'Arc: 34% are 65 or over, above Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
54.2median age
14% are under 15, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.5% of residents. Residents of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc have a median age of 54.2.
Vallon-Pont-d'ArcArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 19.0%, runs above Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
18%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 18.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €23,270 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
1,300
jobs based in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 1.7 per working resident
19.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Vallon-Pont-d'Arc: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns
13historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is Grotte d'Ebbou dite de Chamas. The Culture ministry lists 13 historic monuments locally: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc gets a C+ for cost of living
€2,611/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.08/m² a month, about level with Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 145 sales of houses and apartments in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,611/m². Houses were 94% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc€2,611/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,677/m²
136
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.06 to €12.60/m² a month)
7.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has a higher adjusted death rate than 51% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 506 residents of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc died, against 436 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Its care home for older people (113 places) counts its residents as Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas, 14 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a commune of 2,403 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
2,403 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche
Département
Ardèche (07)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
11.2 sq mi (29.1 km²)
INSEE code
07330
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Are schools in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vallon-Pont-d'Arc expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,611/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vallon-Pont-d'Arc grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
