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A town of 1,097 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Eymeux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Eymeux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Eymeux 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Eymeux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de l'Arthaudière, in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne, 4.2 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 Eymeux.
7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.1% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Eymeux number 150, against 550 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,670 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Eymeux in two is 39.7. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Eymeux | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
53 deaths in Eymeux between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 55: 4% below. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Eymeux is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 8 mi away. Also worth knowing: 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,240/m²: 32 houses and apartments sold in Eymeux between July 2023 and June 2026. A home here costs 6.2 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,307/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Eymeux. Best known first.
Nothing in Eymeux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Eymeux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eymeux | 1,097 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 5.9 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 5.9 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 6.3 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 6.6 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans | 2,874 | 6.7 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 6.7 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Eymeux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,240/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Eymeux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Eymeux is a commune of 1,097 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 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.