Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,916 people, lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for schools: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At €2,385/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. It also trails on walkability: 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Paul-lès-Romans 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-Paul-lès-Romans 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-Paul-lès-Romans 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-Paul-lès-Romans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cimetière des Récollets, in Romans-sur-Isère, 4.8 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Étienne-Jean LapassatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 79%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €26,360 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans at the census.
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.
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 150 deaths in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul-lès-Romans is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 5.6 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Saint-Paul-lès-Romans’s tally for 2025: 19 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.9 violent offenses and 15.9 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes in the town, other physical violence came up most often (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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 22.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Over-65s are 21% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of the town, below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans is 43.3.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul-lès-Romans | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
The median price, €2,385/m², comes from 52 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,406/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Paul-lès-Romans is a commune of 1,916 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. 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
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-Paul-lès-Romans | 1,916 | — | — | B− | B | B+ |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 3,424 | 3.6 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 3.8 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 3.9 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 4.2 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Peyrins | 2,613 | 4.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Alixan | 2,729 | 7.9 | B | C+ | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 8% 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 €2,385/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paul-lès-Romans grades B− for cost of living.
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.