Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
592 people live in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Baume-d'Hostun has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Baume-d'Hostun 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.
12% 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 La Baume-d'Hostun.
Graduates make up 36% of adults. 17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Baume-d'Hostun | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, La Baume-d'Hostun counts 0.7 jobs (200 jobs, 300 workers). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in La Baume-d'Hostun didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Houses were 86% of what sold. The market in La Baume-d'Hostun: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near La Baume-d'Hostun. Best known first.
Nothing in La Baume-d'Hostun 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 La Baume-d'Hostun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Baume-d'Hostun | 592 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans | 2,874 | 4.3 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Chatte Isère | 2,518 | 6.4 | B | B | B− | B |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 7.3 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Saint-Marcellin Isère | 7,700 | 7.9 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 8.3 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 8.4 | C | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Baume-d'Hostun is a commune of 592 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 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.