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1,502 residents make their home in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. 31% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Mirabel-aux-Baronnies 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.
The 2 things Mirabel-aux-Baronnies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mirabel-aux-Baronnies 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.
Mirabel-aux-Baronnies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
18% 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 Mirabel-aux-Baronnies.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.90/m² a month, near Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.09/m² a month. 58 houses and apartments changed hands in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,857/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half of Mirabel-aux-Baronnies is older than 53, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Mirabel-aux-Baronnies | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 9.8% of working residents in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €25,240 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 174 deaths in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies from 2016 to 2025; there were 169, 3% fewer. Its care home for older people (16 places) counts its residents as Mirabel-aux-Baronnies’; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Mirabel-aux-Baronnies can choose among 3 GPs. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 B+.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Mirabel-aux-Baronnies. Best known first.
Mirabel-aux-Baronnies has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel-aux-Baronnies | 1,502 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Nyons | 6,816 | 3.6 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 6,058 | 4.9 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Valréas Vaucluse | 9,224 | 7.2 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Malaucène Vaucluse | 2,758 | 9.5 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes Vaucluse | 2,656 | 12 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Bédoin Vaucluse | 3,106 | 14 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mirabel-aux-Baronnies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Mirabel-aux-Baronnies grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mirabel-aux-Baronnies is a commune of 1,502 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. 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 November 9, 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.