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AndancetteDrôme

A town of 1,330 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Andancette a good place to live?

Andancette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of 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.

How Andancette grades

Each subject compares Andancette 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 grading works

Jobs & income13.6% unemploymentC−Open →Cost of livingB+Open →Walkability63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workCOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · less sure: likely between C− and A−B−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Andancette’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Andancette’s story

No historic monuments in Andancette

The Culture ministry lists no building in Andancette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ruine romaine, dite la Sarrazinière, in Andance, 1.8 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château d'Albon and 9 more in and around Andancette

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Andancette. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Andancette.

HousingCost of living B+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Andancette than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.87/m² a month

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

For Andancette, that is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Andancette€9.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.78 to €12.50/m² a month)
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income C−

Unemployment in Andancette, 13.6%, runs above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Andancette sits above both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. At the census, 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
450
jobs based in Andancette, 0.8 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth B−

Andancette’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 51% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Andancette died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% 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 C− to A−.

−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Andancette · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in Andancette hold a degree than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 18%

That puts Andancette below both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%).

45.3median age
AndancetteDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Andancette
AndancetteDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2410%9.8%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+22%23%22%
No diploma27%20%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education18%32%30%

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

Safety

Andancette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 15 offenses in the graded categories in Andancette in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 49.2% of the index here.

4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage10
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud16

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.

4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
49.2%
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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Andancette

13pages on Andancette

Landmarks

Nothing in Andancette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Andancette

One notable person was born in Andancette.

Their page →

Andancette’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 Drôme →
Saint-Rambert-d'AlbonAnneyronSaint-VallierVernosc-lès-AnnonayChanasDavézieuxSaint-Rambert-d'AlbonAnneyronSaint-VallierVernosc-lès-AnnonayChanasDavézieuxAndancette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Andancette1,330——B+—B−
Saint-Rambert-d'Albon7,0013.4DBDC
Anneyron4,1694.1AC+AA
Saint-Vallier4,0274.4C+ADC
Vernosc-lès-Annonay Ardèche2,7254.8—B−—B+
Chanas Isère2,7064.9C−C+CB−
Davézieux Ardèche3,2055.4A−CA−C+

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

Questions about Andancette

Is Andancette safe?

Andancette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 13 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Andancette

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Andancette is a commune of 1,330 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

Population
1,330 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.3 sq mi (6.1 km²)
INSEE code
26009

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 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.