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ArpavonDrôme

A town of 73 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Arpavon a good place to live?

Arpavon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Arpavon stand out

The one thing Arpavon does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Arpavon

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

The nearest classé monument is Pont sur l'Eygues, in Nyons, 6 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arpavon.

Who lives here

Arpavon has fewer young adults than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Arpavon comes below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents.

49.3median age
ArpavonDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma5%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arpavon
ArpavonDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1515%18%17%
15–246.8%9.8%11%
25–4425%23%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+21%23%22%
No diploma5.3%20%19%
CAP or BEP30%25%26%
Baccalauréat26%18%18%
Higher education33%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Arpavon has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

12.5% of Arpavon’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 73% drove.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Arpavon, 0.6 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arpavon than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.59/m² a month

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

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

€9.59/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arpavon€9.59/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €12.20/m² a month)
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arpavon

11pages on Arpavon

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Arpavon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arpavon yet.

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Arpavon’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 →
NyonsVaison-la-RomaineValréasDieulefitMalaucèneBédoinNyonsVaison-la-RomaineValréasDieulefitMalaucèneBédoinArpavon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arpavon73—————
Nyons6,8166.6C−C−CB−
Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse6,05813B−CC+B
Valréas Vaucluse9,22414C−B+C+C−
Dieulefit3,28915B−CAC+
Malaucène Vaucluse2,75815C−CB−C−
Bédoin Vaucluse3,10618—D—A−

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

About Arpavon

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Arpavon is a commune of 73 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. 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
73 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.5 km²)
INSEE code
26013

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.