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Home to 69 people, this town lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bénivay-Ollon has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 43% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 38% of the population.
The 2 things Bénivay-Ollon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bénivay-Ollon 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, 4.4 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bénivay-Ollon.
Aged 15 to 24: 6.4% of residents. Children under 15 make up 3.3%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 27% have a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bénivay-Ollon | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 3.3% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Bénivay-Ollon: 50, for 50 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Bénivay-Ollon didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 14.5% of working residents in Bénivay-Ollon to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bénivay-Ollon 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 Bénivay-Ollon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bénivay-Ollon | 69 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nyons | 6,816 | 4.7 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 6,058 | 7 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Malaucène Vaucluse | 2,758 | 9 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Valréas Vaucluse | 9,224 | 11 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Bédoin Vaucluse | 3,106 | 12 | — | D | — | A− |
| Caromb Vaucluse | 3,479 | 14 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bénivay-Ollon is a commune of 69 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
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 November 4, 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.