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A town of 2,258 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Malataverne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,676/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Malataverne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Malataverne 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Malataverne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Malataverne. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Malataverne.
Malataverne’s tally for 2025: 28 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.6 cases of violence against people and 14 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes here.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.1% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,180 a year. At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
54 sales of houses and apartments in Malataverne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,676/m². A house rents for an estimated €11.84/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.44/m² a month, near Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,676/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 21% of residents are children under 15. Among adults, 37% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Malataverne | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Malataverne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 147 deaths in Malataverne from 2016 to 2025; there were 128, 13% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Malataverne have one GP on hand.
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−.
Malataverne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ensemble archéologique dit de la Grotte Mandrin: Photo: Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Malataverne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malataverne | 2,258 | — | — | C | B+ | B− |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | 1.4 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Viviers Ardèche | 3,633 | 3.5 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Donzère | 6,008 | 3.5 | D | B+ | C | C− |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 4.9 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Le Teil Ardèche | 8,726 | 5.5 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 5.5 | — | C− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,676/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Malataverne grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Malataverne is a commune of 2,258 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
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.