Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,240 residents, it is a town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are only 14% of the population.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is schools — brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Crime is the sore point: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 28.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). La Coucourde 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 La Coucourde does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Coucourde 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 Coucourde 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 La Coucourde as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Terrain dit "dégagement de l'église", in Cruas, 1.2 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 La Coucourde.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert MercoyrolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 79%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 24 offenses were recorded in La Coucourde. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was theft from vehicles (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 18.3% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, lower than both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of La Coucourde by age and the one in the middle is 38.4.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Coucourde | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 8.8%. No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in La Coucourde at the census. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €24,890 a year per consumption unit, close to both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 71 residents of La Coucourde died, against 75 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Coucourde is Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar, 5.4 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. 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.
The median price, €2,320/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in La Coucourde from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,327/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near La Coucourde. Best known first.
Nothing in La Coucourde is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Coucourde as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Coucourde | 1,240 | — | — | B | D | C |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 1.1 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 6.6 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 6.6 | — | C− | — | A |
| Chomérac Ardèche | 3,183 | 7.1 | — | B | — | B |
| Le Pouzin Ardèche | 2,886 | 7.3 | C | B− | C | B− |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme | 6,614 | 7.4 | C− | B | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,320/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Coucourde grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Coucourde is a commune of 1,240 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération. 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.