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Home to 1,779 people, this town lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
La Bégude-de-Mazenc’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Bégude-de-Mazenc 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 one thing La Bégude-de-Mazenc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bégude-de-Mazenc 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.
La Bégude-de-Mazenc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bégude-de-Mazenc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Andéol, in La Bâtie-Rolland, 3.8 mi away.
20% 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 Bégude-de-Mazenc.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Drôme: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 115 residents of La Bégude-de-Mazenc died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Bégude-de-Mazenc is Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar, 7.4 mi away. 2 GPs practise here.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
51 houses and apartments changed hands in La Bégude-de-Mazenc from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for just over three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €8.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,406/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in La Bégude-de-Mazenc: 450, for 750 residents in work (0.6 each). Median disposable income comes to €26,140 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
38% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in La Bégude-de-Mazenc is 46.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Bégude-de-Mazenc | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Bégude-de-Mazenc. Best known first.
Nothing in La Bégude-de-Mazenc 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 Bégude-de-Mazenc 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 Bégude-de-Mazenc | 1,779 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 6.1 | — | C− | — | A |
| Dieulefit | 3,289 | 6.8 | B− | C | A | C+ |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 8.9 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 11 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | 11 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Valréas Vaucluse | 9,224 | 12 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Bégude-de-Mazenc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Bégude-de-Mazenc grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Bégude-de-Mazenc is a commune of 1,779 people in the Communauté de communes Dieulefit-Bourdeaux. 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.