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MenglonDrôme

A town of 539 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Menglon a good place to live?

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

What makes Menglon stand out

The 2 things Menglon does most differently from other towns.

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Menglon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Menglon’s story

No historic monuments in Menglon

The Culture ministry lists no building in Menglon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye cistercienne du Valcroissant, in Die, 5.9 mi away.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Menglon.

Who lives here

Few people in Menglon are 15 to 24: 7%, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Retirement age and beyond: 31% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by two in five adults, higher than both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). At 50, the median resident of Menglon sits in the middle of the age range.

50median age
MenglonDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Menglon
MenglonDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1515%18%17%
15–247%9.8%11%
25–4420%23%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+31%23%22%
No diploma7.7%20%19%
CAP or BEP25%25%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education40%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Menglon run lower than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,470 a year per consumption unit

Menglon holds 100 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 16.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.

16%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving70%
Public transport8%
Bicycle5%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Menglon, 0.4 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
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 Menglon costs less than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.08/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 20 homes in Menglon.

€10.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Menglon€10.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €12.93/m² a month)
€8.27/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 Menglon

11pages on Menglon

Landmarks

Nothing in Menglon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Menglon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Menglon yet.

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Menglon’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 →
DieDieMenglon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Menglon539—————
Die4,8447.7C−C−DB−

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

About Menglon

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Menglon is a commune of 539 people in the Communauté de communes du Diois. 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
539 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Diois
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
14.1 sq mi (36.5 km²)
INSEE code
26178

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.