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AubresDrôme

A town of 420 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Aubres a good place to live?

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

What makes Aubres stand out

The 2 things Aubres does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Aubres’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Aubres’ story

No historic monuments in Aubres

The Culture ministry lists no building in Aubres 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, 1.7 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aubres.

Who lives here

Few people in Aubres are 15 to 24: 6.3%, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Aubres sits below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Over-65s are 30% of the population.

52.8median age
AubresDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Aubres
AubresDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1514%18%17%
15–246.3%9.8%11%
25–4419%23%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+30%23%22%
No diploma18%20%19%
CAP or BEP27%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education27%32%30%

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

Work & commute

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

7.8% of Aubres’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 84% drove.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Aubres, 0.6 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Aubres close to Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).

95%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Aubres84.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Aubres95.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège René BarjavelNearest collègeCollègeCollège12684%−8 pts
Lycée général et technologique RoumanilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée14895%−2 pts
95%
passed the general and technological bac, −2 pts against the expected rate
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
1.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Aubres costs less than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.53/m² a month

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

On this, Aubres is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Aubres€9.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.49 to €12.13/m² a month)
€9.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Cascade d'Aubres and 7 more in and around Aubres

Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Aubres. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Aubres

13pages on Aubres

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Aubres

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

How we find them →

Aubres’ 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 →
NyonsValréasVaison-la-RomaineDieulefitMalaucèneSainte-Cécile-les-VignesNyonsValréasVaison-la-RomaineDieulefitMalaucèneSainte-Cécile-les-VignesAubres
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Aubres420—————
Nyons6,8162.1C−C−CB−
Valréas Vaucluse9,2248.7C−B+C+C−
Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse6,05810B−CC+B
Dieulefit3,28911B−CAC+
Malaucène Vaucluse2,75814C−CB−C−
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes Vaucluse2,65617—C+—C+

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

About Aubres

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Aubres is a commune of 420 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
420 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.8 sq mi (20.2 km²)
INSEE code
26016

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.