Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,067 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Margès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Margès 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Margès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle dite Chapelle des Evêques, in Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, 3 mi away.
12% 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 Margès.
Margès has 550 jobs for 450 working residents, 1.2 per worker. At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul Le Pendillon PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 93%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
19 houses and apartments changed hands in Margès from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 95% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Margès is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 6.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 56 residents of Margès died, against 68 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Drôme live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
27% of adults hold a degree, below both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. Over-65s are 19% of the population.
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Margès | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Margès. Best known first.
Nothing in Margès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Margès.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margès | 1,067 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 3.1 | C | B | C+ | C− |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 5.1 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 6.5 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 7.5 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 8.6 | — | B− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Margès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Margès is a commune of 1,067 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. 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) · 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.