Moulins à vent de la Mure: Photo: Kvardek du · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Atelier de taille de silex: Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vassieux-en-Vercors.
Who lives here
Few people in Vassieux-en-Vercors are 15 to 24: 7.3%, fewer than in both Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
50.1median age
27% of residents are 65 or over. Half of Vassieux-en-Vercors is older than 50.1, half younger. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, close to both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%).
Vassieux-en-VercorsDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 112 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
History
2 historic monuments in Vassieux-en-Vercors, the oldest from prehistory
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 4.5% of homes were built. Among the classé monuments in Vassieux-en-Vercors is Atelier de taille de silex. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Money is tighter in Vassieux-en-Vercors than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,530 a year per consumption unit
17%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Vassieux-en-Vercors: 100, for 150 residents in work (0.7 each). At the census, 16.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 9.6% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
On foot14%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Vassieux-en-Vercors, 0.7 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Vassieux-en-Vercors is a commune of 341 people in the Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors. 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
341 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
18.5 sq mi (48 km²)
INSEE code
26364
Vassieux-en-Vercors’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
