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This town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,091.
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability (D). Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Andéol, in La Bâtie-Rolland, 2.4 mi away.
22% 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion.
4.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.0%, below Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 150 jobs are based in Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion, for 500 working residents (0.3 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 80 deaths in Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, 22% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion is Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar, 5.5 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 24 homes were sold in Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion. A house rents for an estimated €10.72/m² a month. The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 34% of adults. The median resident of Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion is 42.2 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion 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-Gervais-sur-Roubion | 1,091 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 4.7 | — | C− | — | A |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 7.3 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 8.1 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Dieulefit | 3,289 | 9.3 | B− | C | A | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | 10 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Le Teil Ardèche | 8,726 | 11 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion is a commune of 1,091 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
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 8, 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.