La Garde-Adhémar’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,439/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. Where it falls short is walkability: 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Garde-Adhémar 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.
Each subject compares La Garde-Adhémar 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Garde-Adhémar.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in La Garde-Adhémar run higher than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns: a median €30,150 a year per consumption unit
4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 200 jobs are based in La Garde-Adhémar, for 500 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 6.7% of working residents in La Garde-Adhémar didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in La Garde-Adhémar, 0.4 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
La Garde-Adhémar earns a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,439/m²: 47 houses and apartments sold in La Garde-Adhémar between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 94% were houses. House rents are put at about €11.02/m² a month.
€2,439/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Garde-Adhémar€2,439/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,523/m²
44
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.22 to €14.19/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, La Garde-Adhémar sees fewer deaths than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
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. 92 deaths in La Garde-Adhémar between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 16% below. The nearest emergency department to La Garde-Adhémar is Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas, 11.9 mi away.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in La Garde-Adhémar · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas
12.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Garde-Adhémar keeps more of its old housing than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Garde-Adhémar is Chapelle du Val-des-Nymphes (ruines de la). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
84.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 2.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Garde-Adhémar, 90.8% passed the bac, below both Drôme’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Garde-Adhémar
Is La Garde-Adhémar safe?
La Garde-Adhémar has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Garde-Adhémar good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 210 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Polyvalent Gustave Jaume in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Garde-Adhémar expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,439/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.44/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Garde-Adhémar grades C+ for cost of living.
About La Garde-Adhémar
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Garde-Adhémar is a commune of 1,144 people in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. 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
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.
