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Population 782: a town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Serves-sur-Rhône has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Serves-sur-Rhône as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château et ses jardins à la française, in Saint-Vallier, 3 mi away.
19% 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 Serves-sur-Rhône.
Among adults, 24% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Serves-sur-Rhône | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
100 jobs are based in Serves-sur-Rhône, for 350 working residents (0.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 8.9%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.0% of working residents in Serves-sur-Rhône didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André CotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%−4 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.
Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Sales in Serves-sur-Rhône from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Serves-sur-Rhône. Best known first.
Nothing in Serves-sur-Rhône is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Serves-sur-Rhône yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serves-sur-Rhône | 782 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Vallier | 4,027 | 3.1 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Tain-l'Hermitage | 5,915 | 4.7 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 11,279 | 5.2 | B | B | C | C+ |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 5.7 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay Ardèche | 2,725 | 7.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse | 4,193 | 8.1 | C | B | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Serves-sur-Rhône is a commune of 782 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.