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A town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 2,917 people.
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône’s weakest is safety: an average of 8.4 recorded violent incidents and 21.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,209/m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération. All told, that adds up to a D overall, better than 8% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Châteauneuf-du-Rhône counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1988.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Châteauneuf-du-Rhône. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône.
The police record for Châteauneuf-du-Rhône lists 81 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. 209 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 210: 1% below. In Drôme, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,209/m², comes from 83 sales of houses and apartments in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 87% were houses. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.08/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,330/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, lower than both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. Ages in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône split evenly at 41.9: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for a tenth of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône is Hôtel d'Arlempdes. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône holds 1,050 jobs; 1,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,870 a year per consumption unit, near Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Hôtel d'Arlempdes: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | — | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Viviers Ardèche | 3,633 | 2.4 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Donzère | 6,008 | 3.8 | D | B+ | C | C− |
| Le Teil Ardèche | 8,726 | 4.2 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 4.3 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 5.7 | — | C− | — | A |
| Pierrelatte | 13,756 | 8.5 | C+ | B− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #26 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,209/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.07/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Châteauneuf-du-Rhône grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône is a commune of 2,917 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.