Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,910 residents make their home in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Clérieux’s strongest subject is cost of living (B) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 13 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Clérieux 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 Clérieux 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.
Clérieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Clérieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Palais Delphinal (ancien), in Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, 3.4 mi away.
16% 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 Clérieux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.4 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joséphine BakerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 77%−13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Clérieux number 350, against 850 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Unemployment stood at 7.4%, below Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 4.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey 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.
The median price, €2,153/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Clérieux from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 79 homes were sold here. Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,216/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 169 deaths in Clérieux from 2016 to 2025; there were 144, 15% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Clérieux records 85 deaths per 100 expected, close to both Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). One GP practises here. Women in Drôme live to 85.7 on average and men to 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
At 44.8, the median resident of Clérieux sits in the middle of the age range. Under 15: 18% of residents. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, in line with Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Clérieux | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and gardens in and near Clérieux. Best known first.
Nothing in Clérieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Clérieux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clérieux | 1,910 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 3.2 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 3.4 | C | B | C+ | C− |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 4.3 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère | 4,281 | 4.4 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 4.8 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 5 | C | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Clérieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,153/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Clérieux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Clérieux is a commune of 1,910 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. 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.