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827 residents make their home in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Puy-Saint-Martin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
The one thing Puy-Saint-Martin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puy-Saint-Martin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-la-Brune., in Pont-de-Barret, 2.6 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Puy-Saint-Martin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puy-Saint-Martin.
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. 38% of adults hold a degree, above both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: half the people of Puy-Saint-Martin are older than 47.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Puy-Saint-Martin | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
200 jobs are based in Puy-Saint-Martin, for 350 working residents (0.5 per worker). 9.3% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €26,470 a year per consumption unit, higher than Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.3 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Olivier de SerresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 85%−8 pts |
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.
The market in Puy-Saint-Martin: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.72/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.02/m² a month, higher than Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,583/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Puy-Saint-Martin. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Puy-Saint-Martin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Puy-Saint-Martin is a commune of 827 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-Saint-Martin | 827 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Crest | 8,658 | 7.4 | D | C | C− | B− |
| Aouste-sur-Sye | 2,733 | 7.4 | C+ | C | B− | A− |
| Dieulefit | 3,289 | 8.4 | B− | C | A | C+ |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 9.6 | — | C− | — | A |
| Allex | 2,698 | 9.9 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 10 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 November 4, 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.