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ÉrômeDrôme

A town of 848 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Érôme a good place to live?

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

What makes Érôme stand out

The one thing Érôme does most differently from other towns.

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Érôme’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Érôme’s story

No historic monuments in Érôme

The Culture ministry lists no building in Érôme as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église (ancienne), in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, 2.8 mi away.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

A younger town: only 19% of people in Érôme are 65 or over, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Érôme comes below both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). 19% of residents are children under 15.

40.6median age
ÉrômeDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Érôme
ÉrômeDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–249.2%9.8%11%
25–4426%23%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+19%23%22%
No diploma19%20%19%
CAP or BEP26%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education28%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.0% of commuters in Érôme go to work without a car, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

For Érôme, that is below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Érôme has 150 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Érôme, 0.4 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Érôme than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.86/m² a month

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

Érôme sits below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,836/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Érôme from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,836/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Érôme€1,836/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.63/m² a month)
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château d'Arras and 3 more in and around Érôme

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Érôme

13pages on Érôme

Landmarks

Nothing in Érôme is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Érôme

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

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Érôme’s 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 →
Tain-l'HermitageSaint-VallierTournon-sur-RhôneMercurol-VeaunesLa Roche-de-GlunSaint-Donat-sur-l'HerbasseTain-l'HermitageSaint-VallierTournon-sur-RhôneMercurol-VeaunesLa Roche-de-GlunSaint-Donat-sur-l'HerbasseÉrôme
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Érôme848—————
Tain-l'Hermitage5,9153.7BB−C−B−
Saint-Vallier4,0274.1C+ADC
Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche11,2794.2BBCC+
Mercurol-Veaunes2,8164.7—B−—A−
La Roche-de-Glun3,5697.5ACA+A−
Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse4,1937.7CBC+C−

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

About Érôme

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Érôme is a commune of 848 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche 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

Population
848 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.5 km²)
INSEE code
26119

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 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.