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A town of 1,009 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jaillans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Jaillans 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Jaillans 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, 6.8 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 Jaillans.
Unemployment stood at 7.5%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,520 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Jaillans counts 0.3 jobs (150 jobs, 450 workers).
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.
At birth, a girl in Drôme can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 58 residents of Jaillans died, against 72 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Jaillans is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 7.6 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 36% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Jaillans | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.68/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 10 homes were sold in Jaillans.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Jaillans 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 Jaillans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaillans | 1,009 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 4.4 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans | 2,874 | 5.8 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 5.8 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 6 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 6.3 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 7.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Jaillans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Jaillans is a commune of 1,009 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) · 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.