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7,001 people live in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The data are hard on it. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 9.5 recorded violent incidents and 30.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a D overall, Saint-Rambert-d'Albon is better than 7% of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,034/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. It is easy to get around without a car: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Rambert-d'Albon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Champagne, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon.
2025 saw 275 offenses recorded in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon. On the Safety Grade, Saint-Rambert-d'Albon ranks 34th of the 36 compared towns in Drôme. In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes locally.
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #25 of 32 in Drôme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand BerthonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 75%−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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon come to 97 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 601 residents of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon died, against 556 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Life expectancy in Drôme: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 4 GPs practise 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The jobless rate is 12.4%. 2,500 jobs are based in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, for 2,700 working residents (0.9 per worker). 2.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 18% of adults. 13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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, €2,034/m², comes from 143 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 86% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,120/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Rambert-d'Albon. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon.
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-Rambert-d'Albon | 7,001 | — | D | B | D | C |
| Chanas Isère | 2,706 | 1.6 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Anneyron | 4,169 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 4,606 | 3.9 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Roussillon Isère | 8,595 | 5.5 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 6,718 | 5.8 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Davézieux Ardèche | 3,205 | 6.5 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #34 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #25 of 32 in Drôme. 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 €2,034/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Rambert-d'Albon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Rambert-d'Albon is a commune of 7,001 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.