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The town has 2,251 residents and lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability — 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and C+ for jobs & income. Pupils here do less well than most (C): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire 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-Sorlin-en-Valloire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire 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-Sorlin-en-Valloire 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-Sorlin-en-Valloire as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tombe du Facteur Cheval située au cimetière communal, in Hauterives, 4.1 mi away.
20% 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-Sorlin-en-Valloire.
9.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire number 600, against 900 residents in work (0.6 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Denis BrunetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,159/m²: 49 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,159/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Drôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Its two care homes for older people (61 places) count their residents as Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 255 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 281, 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 8.9 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−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, near Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire has a median age of 45.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people averaged 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.1. All told, Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire had 26 recorded offenses in 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, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 37.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire.
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-Sorlin-en-Valloire | 2,251 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Anneyron | 4,169 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon | 7,001 | 6 | D | B | D | C |
| Beaurepaire Isère | 5,010 | 6.1 | A− | A− | C− | B |
| Chanas Isère | 2,706 | 6.5 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 4,606 | 7.9 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Roussillon Isère | 8,595 | 8.9 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns. 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 €2,159/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire is a commune of 2,251 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 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.