Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,323 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Montélier grades A+ overall: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #1 of 36 in Drôme. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Montélier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montélier 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Montélier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du cimetière, in Peyrus, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montélier.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 358 residents of Montélier died, against 480 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 6 general practitioners 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
For 2025, the figures show 65 offenses in Montélier. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.4 violent offenses and 9.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Montélier (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence and sexual violence, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 6.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #1 of 32 in Drôme. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc SeignobosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 94%±0 pts |
| Collège privé François Gondin PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 58 | 98%+1 pt |
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.
No town in Drôme costs more to buy into than Montélier, at €3,068/m², the highest of 40. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 98 homes in the town. Houses made up 77% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,130/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of residents have reached 65. The age that splits Montélier in two is 46.5. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Montélier | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 7.2%. 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Montélier counts 0.9 jobs (1,550 jobs, 1,800 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Montélier. Best known first.
Nothing in Montélier 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 Montélier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montélier | 4,323 | — | A+ | C | A | A+ |
| Chabeuil | 6,833 | 2.1 | A− | C | B | B− |
| Alixan | 2,729 | 3 | B | C+ | C− | A− |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence | 6,176 | 3.8 | C | C | C− | B+ |
| Malissard | 3,294 | 4.1 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Valence | 64,458 | 5.7 | D | C+ | D | C+ |
| Bourg-lès-Valence | 19,992 | 6 | C | C+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #7 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #1 of 32 in Drôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.27/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montélier grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montélier is a commune of 4,323 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans 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) · 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 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.