Where it falls short is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,500/m² costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vaison Ventoux. Just over two fifths of its homes are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mollans-sur-Ouvèze 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.
Each subject compares Mollans-sur-Ouvèze 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.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Pont: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine et vieux lavoir à arcades: Photo: Toutaitanous 2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze.
Who lives here
Children make up only 11% of Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, fewer than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
57.8median age
Retirement age and beyond: 36% of residents are 65 or older. 6.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze is 57.8.
Mollans-sur-OuvèzeDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, 14.3%, runs above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,470 a year per consumption unit, close to Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and below compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.1% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
200
jobs based in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, 0.5 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Mollans-sur-Ouvèze: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 17th century. 2 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.24/m² a month
€2,500/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
67 sales of houses and apartments in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,500/m². The sales split: 75% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze€2,500/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,753/m²
50
€10.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.29 to €12.66/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,660
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vaison Ventoux
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Drôme is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 133 deaths in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze from 2016 to 2025; there were 115, 13% fewer. Also worth knowing: this Drôme town has one family doctor.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Smur Ch Orange site Vaison la Romaine
15.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.4 violent offenses and 12.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. 24 offenses were reported in Mollans-sur-Ouvèze during 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Family violence7
Burglary6
Fraud9
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
53.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 53.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze is a commune of 1,043 people in the Communauté de communes Vaison Ventoux. 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
1,043 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vaison Ventoux
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.9 sq mi (20.4 km²)
INSEE code
26188
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mollans-sur-Ouvèze
Is Mollans-sur-Ouvèze safe?
Mollans-sur-Ouvèze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Is Mollans-sur-Ouvèze expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Mollans-sur-Ouvèze grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
