Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,338 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ancône has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.3 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Ancône does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ancône 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ancône as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire gallo-romaine, in Privas, 1.4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Ancône. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des Adhémar3.2 km southeast, in Montélimar
MuseumMusée européen de l'aviation de chasse600 m east, in MontélimarArchaeological siteArchaeological siteAncien port de Montélimarin townAttractionAttractionChâteau de Rochemaure2.4 km west, in RochemaureChâteauChâteauChâteau de Serre-de-Parc2.3 km northeast, in SavassePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ancône.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Ancône below both Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège EuropaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 78%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent les CatalinsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 259 | 96%+1 pt |
| Collège Chabrillan St Jean-Baptiste PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 114 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 99 residents of Ancône died, against 104 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Ancône is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,149/m², comes from 45 sales of houses and apartments in Ancône from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,149/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Ancône comes below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Ancône has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 8.8% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 21% are 65 or over, against 9.8% and 23% in the median compared commune of Drôme. 30% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Drôme 32%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ancône | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Ancône 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 Ancône 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancône | 1,338 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 2.1 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Le Teil Ardèche | 8,726 | 3.3 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 4.3 | — | C− | — | A |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 5.6 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | 5.9 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Viviers Ardèche | 3,633 | 7.1 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ancône has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 259 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent les Catalins in 2025, a point 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 €2,149/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ancône grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ancône is a commune of 1,338 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération. 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.