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Le PègueDrôme

A town of 358 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Le Pègue a good place to live?

Le Pègue is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Le Pègue stand out

The 2 things Le Pègue does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Oppidum du Pègue
Oppidum du Pègue · Classé · Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Le Pègue’s story

Le Pègue in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Pègue: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1926First protected: Chapelle Sainte-Anne
  • 1993Most recently protected: Oppidum du Pègue
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Pègue.

Who lives here

An older town: 36% of people in Le Pègue are 65 or over, more than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group: 5.9%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population. At 55.6, the median resident of Le Pègue sits in the middle of the age range.

55.6median age
Le PègueDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Le Pègue
Le PègueDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1514%18%17%
15–245.9%9.8%11%
25–4418%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+36%23%22%
No diploma15%20%19%
CAP or BEP24%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education32%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Le Pègue: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Le Pègue is Oppidum du Pègue. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Le Pègue walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Le Pègue has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. No commute at all: 5.1% of working residents in the town at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Le Pègue, 0.3 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Le Pègue costs less than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.25/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

13 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Pègue from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Pègue€10.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€10.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.11 to €12.97/m² a month)
€7.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Pègue

12pages on Le Pègue

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Pègue: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle Sainte-Anne: Photo: Lancelot d'Hauthuille · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Oppidum du Pègue: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain

Famous people from Le Pègue

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Pègue yet.

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Le Pègue’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Drôme →
ValréasNyonsDieulefitVaison-la-RomaineMontboucher-sur-JabronSaint-Paul-Trois-ChâteauxValréasNyonsDieulefitVaison-la-RomaineMontboucher-sur-JabronSaint-Paul-Trois-ChâteauxLe Pègue
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Pègue358—————
Valréas Vaucluse9,2244.4C−B+C+C−
Nyons6,8166.4C−C−CB−
Dieulefit3,2896.6B−CAC+
Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse6,05813B−CC+B
Montboucher-sur-Jabron2,59215—C−—A
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux8,98115B+C+B−B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Le Pègue

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Le Pègue is a commune of 358 people in the Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan. 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

Population
358 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
26226

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.