Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 275 people, lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ratières isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 13% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.
The 2 things Ratières does most differently from other towns.
Ratières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
24% 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 Ratières.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Ratières are older than 49.5. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Drôme 32%, France 30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ratières | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ratières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 4.4% of commuters got to work without a car. 50 jobs are based in Ratières, for 100 working residents (0.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,600 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Ratières.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Ratières. Best known first.
Ratières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tour carolingienne: Photo: Gachepi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ratières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratières | 275 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 3.7 | C | B | C+ | C− |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 6.6 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saint-Vallier | 4,027 | 7.7 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Anneyron | 4,169 | 7.9 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 8.2 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 8.4 | A− | B− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ratières is a commune of 275 people in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. 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.