Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,198 people live in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mirabel-et-Blacons’s strongest is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for cost of living, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mirabel-et-Blacons 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 one thing Mirabel-et-Blacons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mirabel-et-Blacons 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-et-Blacons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mirabel-et-Blacons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sauveur, in Crest, 3.6 mi away.
15% 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-et-Blacons.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 77 residents of Mirabel-et-Blacons died, against 103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. Women in Drôme live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Mirabel-et-Blacons: 17 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, higher than both Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 42% of adults. At 45.2, the median resident of Mirabel-et-Blacons sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Mirabel-et-Blacons | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,240 a year per consumption unit, above Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 550 residents in work, Mirabel-et-Blacons has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. Public transport took 3.7% of Mirabel-et-Blacons’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Mirabel-et-Blacons. Best known first.
Nothing in Mirabel-et-Blacons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mirabel-et-Blacons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel-et-Blacons | 1,198 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Aouste-sur-Sye | 2,733 | 1.9 | C+ | C | B− | A− |
| Crest | 8,658 | 3.8 | D | C | C− | B− |
| Allex | 2,698 | 9.4 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 10 | C+ | C | A | B |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 13 | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 13 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mirabel-et-Blacons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mirabel-et-Blacons is a commune of 1,198 people in the Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme. 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 November 4, 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.