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The town, home to 2,428 people, lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents.
Households here earn well (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. The weak point is schools — bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,074/m²: 70 m² comes to 8.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Génissieux 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.
The 2 things Génissieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Génissieux 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.
Génissieux 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 Génissieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cimetière des Récollets, in Romans-sur-Isère, 3.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Génissieux.
Graduates make up 38% of adults. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The median resident of Génissieux is 52.2 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Génissieux | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 72% of 81 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 99% of 288 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 89%±0 pts |
| Lycée général Albert TribouletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 288 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 5.6%. No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in Génissieux at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Génissieux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. 329 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 309: 7% above. Life expectancy at birth in Drôme is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 5 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,074/m², comes from 68 sales of houses and apartments in Génissieux from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 87% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €9.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,054/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Génissieux. Best known first.
MuseumCouvent de la Visitation de Romans-sur-Isère5 km southwest, in Romans-sur-IsèreChâteauChâteauChâteau2.6 km west, in PeyrinsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chatillon4.1 km east, in Châtillon-Saint-JeanMuseumMuseumMusée d'Art Sacré3 km southwest, in Mours-Saint-EusèbeChâteauChâteauBalmes le Château4.9 km west, in Romans-sur-IsèrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Génissieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Génissieux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Génissieux | 2,428 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 1.8 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 2.9 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 3.8 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 4.6 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 5.7 | C | B | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Génissieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,074/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Génissieux grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Génissieux is a commune of 2,428 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.