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In Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,228 residents.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability — 14% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times 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-Marcel-lès-Sauzet 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.
The one thing Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet 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-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1846.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet.
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 7.1%. Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
Among the homes sold, 82% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.74/m² a month. 57 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,679/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, higher than both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 81 residents of Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Life expectancy in Drôme: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has a median age of 47.9. The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 19.9. Among the graded crimes in Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (34.6% of the index here).
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 74% of 137 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The nearest collège is 3.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent les CatalinsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 259 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet. Best known first.
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet 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-Marcel-lès-Sauzet | 1,228 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 2,592 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | A |
| Montélimar | 40,595 | 4.2 | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Cruas Ardèche | 2,898 | 4.3 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Le Teil Ardèche | 8,726 | 7.1 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 2,917 | 8.3 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Chomérac Ardèche | 3,183 | 10 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.94/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet is a commune of 1,228 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) · 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 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.