Bouchet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. At the median price of €2,620/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. Its strongest is schools (B): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bouchet 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Bouchet: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Bouchet above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bouchet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Bouchet’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Bouchet died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% 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.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bouchet · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas
10.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bouchet
Is Bouchet safe?
Bouchet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bouchet good?
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bouchet expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,620/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.60/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bouchet grades C for cost of living.
About Bouchet
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bouchet is a commune of 1,409 people in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. 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
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.
