Where it does best is schools: brevet results a point below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C): 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,652/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Suze-la-Rousse 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 Suze-la-Rousse 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 Suze-la-Rousse.
HealthHealth C−
Suze-la-Rousse has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 172 deaths in Suze-la-Rousse from 2016 to 2025; there were 175, 1% more. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Suze-la-Rousse come to 101 per 100 predicted. The nearest emergency department to Suze-la-Rousse is Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas, 9.7 mi away. There is one general practitioner here.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Suze-la-Rousse · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas
10.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Suze-la-Rousse walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
Suze-la-Rousse has 500 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,590 a year per consumption unit, above both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 6.8% of working residents locally at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Suze-la-Rousse, 0.6 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Suze-la-Rousse than in Drôme or compared French towns: 29 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Suze-la-Rousse counts 6 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château et son parc. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 18% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Suze-la-Rousse has fewer young adults than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. A third of adults hold a degree, close to Drôme’s towns (32%) and above compared French towns (30%). Ages in Suze-la-Rousse split evenly at 46.3: half are older, half younger.
46.3median age
Suze-la-RousseDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Suze-la-Rousse than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.98/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 80% of sales, apartments for the rest. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Suze-la-Rousse from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,388/m² for the median of compared towns in Drôme.
€2,652/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Suze-la-Rousse€2,652/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,665/m²
56
€9.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.81 to €12.76/m² a month)
7.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence
Maison de Ville (ancienne): Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Torquat: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle funéraire des Seigneurs de la Baume (ancienne): Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Bach: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Famous people from Suze-la-Rousse
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Suze-la-Rousse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Suze-la-Rousse
Is Suze-la-Rousse safe?
Suze-la-Rousse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Suze-la-Rousse good?
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Suze-la-Rousse expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,652/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Suze-la-Rousse grades B− for cost of living.
About Suze-la-Rousse
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Suze-la-Rousse is a commune of 2,077 people in the Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence. 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.
