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A town of 1,926 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Montoison has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montoison 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montoison as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Étoile-sur-Rhône, 3.5 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 Montoison.
At the census, 5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. For its 850 residents in work, Montoison has 300 jobs: 0.3 each. 9.8% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Drôme’s towns (10.5%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents are 65 or over, below Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Montoison have a median age of 43.4. Among adults, 33% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Montoison | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Montoison. In Drôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 115 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 107, 7% fewer.
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 D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,888/m², comes from 44 sales of houses and apartments in Montoison from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 7.8 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,931/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out, heritage and museums in and near Montoison. Best known first.
Nothing in Montoison 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 Montoison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montoison | 1,926 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Allex | 2,698 | 2.6 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 3.2 | C+ | C | A | B |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 4.5 | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Livron-sur-Drôme | 9,329 | 5 | C− | B− | C | C |
| Portes-lès-Valence | 10,477 | 5.8 | D | C | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montoison has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,888/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montoison grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montoison is a commune of 1,926 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. 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.