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PoyolsDrôme

A town of 98 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Poyols a good place to live?

Poyols is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Poyols stand out

The one thing Poyols does most differently from other towns.

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Poyols’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Poyols’ story

No historic monuments in Poyols

The Culture ministry lists no building in Poyols as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye cistercienne du Valcroissant, in Die, 10.1 mi away.

56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Poyols has fewer young adults than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 3.1% are 15 to 24

Among adults, 41% have a degree. 27% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Poyols is 44.

44median age
PoyolsDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Poyols
PoyolsDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–243.1%9.8%11%
25–4430%23%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+27%23%22%
No diploma13%20%19%
CAP or BEP18%25%26%
Baccalauréat24%18%18%
Higher education41%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Poyols are out of work than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 26.7%

At the census, 5.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Poyols, 0.3 per working resident
26.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Poyols than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.08/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Poyols: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Poyols€10.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €12.93/m² a month)
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Poyols

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Landmarks

Nothing in Poyols is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Poyols

One notable person was born in Poyols.

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Poyols’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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DieDiePoyols
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Poyols98—————
Die4,84411C−C−DB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Poyols

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Poyols is a commune of 98 people in the Communauté de communes du Diois. 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
98 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Diois
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
5 sq mi (12.9 km²)
INSEE code
26253

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.