Taulignan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,377/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan. Its strongest is walkability (B): 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Taulignan 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Taulignan: 29% 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.
In the comparison, Taulignan comes above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Taulignan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Taulignan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 161 residents of Taulignan died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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−.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Taulignan · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jules Niel de Valreas
13 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
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Taulignan than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Taulignan, that is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,377/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Taulignan from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,377/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Taulignan€2,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Drôme median€2,388/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,421/m²
55
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.26 to €11.79/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Taulignan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in the graded categories in Taulignan in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 43.4% of the index here.
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud7
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
43.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Taulignan
Is Taulignan safe?
Taulignan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Taulignan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Taulignan grades B− for cost of living.
About Taulignan
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Taulignan is a commune of 1,627 people in the Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan. 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
Population
1,627 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan
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.
