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1,895 residents make their home in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals’s strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are its weak spot (C−): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. It also trails on walkability: 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,106/m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals 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.
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château et ses jardins à la française, in Saint-Vallier, 2.9 mi away.
16% 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-Barthélemy-de-Vals.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André CotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Drôme live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 161 deaths in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals from 2016 to 2025; there were 128, 20% fewer. This Drôme town has one family doctor.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.3% of commuters at the census. Jobs based in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals number 600, against 850 residents in work (0.7 per worker). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
44 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,106/m². Among the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,120/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of the town. At 44.7, the median resident of Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals sits in the middle of the age range. Children under 15 make up 18%, near both Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals | 1,895 | — | — | B | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Vallier | 4,027 | 3.1 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 6 | C | B | C+ | C− |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 6.6 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Tain-l'Hermitage | 5,915 | 6.9 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Anneyron | 4,169 | 7.3 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 11,279 | 7.6 | B | B | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It has less crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 17.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,106/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals is a commune of 1,895 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) · 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.