Walkability is its strong suit — 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 37% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is schools — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €2,706/m² costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. It lags on jobs & income as well: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 15.2% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Buis-les-Baronnies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Buis-les-Baronnies 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.
Maison située au Sud de l'église (ancienne chapelle des Ursulines): Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buis-les-Baronnies.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Buis-les-Baronnies: 39% are 65 or over, above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
58.5median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of the town, below Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are a tenth of the town. Half of Buis-les-Baronnies is older than 58.5, half younger.
Buis-les-BaronniesDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Buis-les-Baronnies has higher unemployment than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 15.2%
37%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,880 a year per consumption unit. 10.7% of Buis-les-Baronnies’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving52%
On foot29%
Bicycle6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,050
jobs based in Buis-les-Baronnies, 1.3 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Buis-les-Baronnies trail 86% of compared French towns
83.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Buis-les-Baronnies, 83.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Buis-les-Baronnies than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.71/m² a month
€2,706/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,706/m², comes from 90 sales of houses and apartments in Buis-les-Baronnies from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 91% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 90 homes were sold locally.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Buis-les-Baronnies€2,706/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,827/m²
82
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.55 to €12.50/m² a month)
8.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Buis-les-Baronnies keeps more of its old housing than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Buis-les-Baronnies has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Buis-les-Baronnies’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (119 places) counts its residents as Buis-les-Baronnies’; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Buis-les-Baronnies is Smur Ch Orange site Vaison la Romaine, 10.1 mi away. This Drôme town has 5 family doctors. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Buis-les-Baronnies · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Smur Ch Orange site Vaison la Romaine
19.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buis-les-Baronnies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Graded property crimes ran at 14.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.1 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in Buis-les-Baronnies in 2025. With 1,050 jobs for 800 working residents, Buis-les-Baronnies draws people in from neighbouring communes. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Burglary14
Armed robbery0
Drug use32
Theft without violence15
Fraud15
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.5%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Buis-les-Baronnies is a commune of 2,218 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
2,218 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.2 sq mi (34.1 km²)
INSEE code
26063
Buis-les-Baronnies’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Buis-les-Baronnies
Is Buis-les-Baronnies safe?
Buis-les-Baronnies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Buis-les-Baronnies good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Buis-les-Baronnies expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,706/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Buis-les-Baronnies grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
