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It is a town of 1,377 residents in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Fewer journeys need a car: 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 8.6 points below the expected rate. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,350/m² takes 6.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Laurent-en-Royans 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-Laurent-en-Royans 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-Laurent-en-Royans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Laurent-en-Royans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Beauvoir (ruines), in Beauvoir-en-Royans, 6.3 mi away.
15% 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-Laurent-en-Royans.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
82.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Laurent-en-Royans, below Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The nearest general lycée is 8.8 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Benjamin MalossaneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 75%−13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Saint-Laurent-en-Royans counts 1.1 jobs (550 jobs, 550 workers). 4.6% of Saint-Laurent-en-Royans’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.7%.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 15 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 172 residents of Saint-Laurent-en-Royans died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. At birth, a girl in Drôme can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 4 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 22% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent-en-Royans | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,350/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Laurent-en-Royans between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,350/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saint-Laurent-en-Royans. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Laurent-en-Royans.
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-Laurent-en-Royans | 1,377 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans | 2,874 | 1.9 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Chatte Isère | 2,518 | 8 | B | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Marcellin Isère | 7,700 | 8.3 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Villard-de-Lans Isère | 4,328 | 11 | A+ | C− | A− | B+ |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 12 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Vinay Isère | 4,438 | 13 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,350/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Laurent-en-Royans grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans is a commune of 1,377 people in the Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors. 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.