Sauzet’s best grade is for jobs & income (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. 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.
Each subject compares 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sauzet.
Who lives here
Sauzet has fewer young adults than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 28% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 39% of adults.
51.5median age
SauzetDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Sauzet run below what its ages would predict: 83 per 100 expected, fewer than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Sauzet can choose among 3 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Drôme is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 156 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 188: 17% below.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sauzet · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
2.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 89% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.16/m² a month, close to Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 37 homes were sold in Sauzet.
€2,534/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sauzet€2,534/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,708/m²
33
€11.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.77 to €14.22/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Montélimar Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Sauzet keeps more of its old housing than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. Since 2014, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Among the classé monuments in Sauzet is Villa Sestier.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Sauzet is lower than in 58% of compared French towns
In 2025, 27 offenses were recorded in Sauzet. Violence against people averaged 3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.7. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Sauzet (2025).
3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary11
Criminal damage11
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 24.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Sauzet is better off than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,690 a year per consumption unit
The unemployment rate comes to 7.3%. 6.9% 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. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Sauzet didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Sauzet, 0.5 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sauzet
Is Sauzet safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Is Sauzet expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sauzet grades C+ for cost of living.
About Sauzet
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sauzet is a commune of 1,882 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
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.
