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1,292 people call this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Montvendre’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results at the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living and B for jobs & income. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montvendre 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 Montvendre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montvendre 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.
Montvendre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montvendre, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montvendre.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé François Gondin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
43% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Montvendre in two is 39.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Montvendre | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.2% are unemployed. Jobs located in Montvendre: 150, for 600 residents in work (0.3 each).
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 91 deaths in Montvendre from 2016 to 2025; there were 74, 19% fewer. In Drôme, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises locally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montvendre, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up nearly four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Montvendre: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Montvendre, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Montvendre show 5 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3 violent offenses and 8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 76.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Montvendre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Porte fortifiée de l'ancien village: Photo: Fifistorien · Public domain
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Montvendre as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montvendre | 1,292 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Chabeuil | 6,833 | 2.7 | A− | C | B | B− |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 3 | C+ | C | A | B |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 3.5 | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Malissard | 3,294 | 3.7 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Montélier | 4,323 | 4.8 | A+ | C | A | A+ |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 6.7 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montvendre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montvendre is a commune of 1,292 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) · 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.