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ClansayesDrôme

A town of 517 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Clansayes a good place to live?

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

What makes Clansayes stand out

The 2 things Clansayes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Tour - donjon
Tour - donjon · Classé · Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
Clansayes’ story

Clansayes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Clansayes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2006First protected: Tour - donjon
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Tour-donjon de Clansayes and 9 more in and around Clansayes

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Clansayes. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clansayes.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Clansayes, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Clansayes comes below both Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents.

53.7median age
ClansayesDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Clansayes
ClansayesDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1513%18%17%
15–248.7%9.8%11%
25–4418%23%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+28%23%22%
No diploma14%20%19%
CAP or BEP26%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education35%32%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Clansayes: 16% 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.

For Clansayes, that is above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Clansayes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Clansayes is Tour - donjon.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Clansayes run higher than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €30,600 a year per consumption unit

Clansayes sits above both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Clansayes has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Clansayes, 0.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

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

That puts Clansayes above both Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Clansayes91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean PerrinNearest collègeCollègeCollège15191%±0 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Clansayes is €11.57/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€11.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Clansayes€11.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€11.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.90 to €15.03/m² a month)
€11.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Clansayes

13pages on Clansayes

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Clansayes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Tour talutée dite à bossages: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour - donjon: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Clansayes

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

How we find them →

Clansayes’ 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 →
Saint-Paul-Trois-ChâteauxPierrelatteDonzèreBollèneLapaludBourg-Saint-AndéolSaint-Paul-Trois-ChâteauxPierrelatteDonzèreBollèneLapaludBourg-Saint-AndéolClansayes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Clansayes517—————
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux8,9812.5B+C+B−B
Pierrelatte13,7564.8C+B−CB−
Donzère6,0086.2DB+CC−
Bollène Vaucluse14,0246.5DC+C−B−
Lapalud Vaucluse3,8537.2CC+B+C−
Bourg-Saint-Andéol Ardèche7,6617.8B−B+B−C+

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

About Clansayes

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Clansayes is a commune of 517 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

Population
517 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.7 km²)
INSEE code
26093

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.