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With 195 residents, it is a town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 29% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 36% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré (ancien), in Saint-André-de-Rosans, 7.4 mi away.
20% 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 Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze.
People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, above both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over two in five adults. Ages in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze split evenly at 58.3: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.6% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze number 150, against 100 residents in work (2 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €23,210 a year per consumption unit, below Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze went to work by public transport.
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.
Sales in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze from July 2023 to June 2026: 14 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze | 195 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nyons | 6,816 | 15 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Malaucène Vaucluse | 2,758 | 16 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Bédoin Vaucluse | 3,106 | 16 | — | D | — | A− |
| Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 6,058 | 18 | B− | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze is a commune of 195 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. 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 November 9, 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.