Savasse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Savasse 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 Savasse.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Savasse is harder to get around on foot than 99% of compared French towns
At the census, 2.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 7.6% of the labour force are out of work. Savasse has 250 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Savasse, 0.3 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Savasse’s ages would predict, 76 per 100 expected, under Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Savasse comes below both Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Savasse · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupement hospitalier Portes Provence Montelimar
1.9 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
Savasse has more crime per resident than 69% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 33 offenses in the graded categories in Savasse in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 19.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles14
Criminal damage11
Burglary8
Fraud13
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Savasse: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Savasse, that is above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Savasse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Savasse is Domaine de Serre-de-Parc (également sur commune de Montélimar).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Savasse
Is Savasse safe?
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
About Savasse
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savasse is a commune of 1,631 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.
