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VerchenyDrôme

A town of 443 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Vercheny a good place to live?

Vercheny is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Vercheny stand out

The one thing Vercheny does most differently from other towns.

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Vercheny’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Vercheny’s story

No historic monuments in Vercheny

The Culture ministry lists no building in Vercheny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire gallo-romaine, in Saillans, 3 mi away.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vercheny.

Who lives here

Children make up 24% of Vercheny, above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and close to compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. Among adults, 29% have a degree.

36.7median age
VerchenyDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vercheny
VerchenyDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1524%18%17%
15–2411%9.8%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma14%20%19%
CAP or BEP30%25%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education29%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Vercheny than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,200 a year per consumption unit

250 jobs are based in Vercheny, for 200 working residents (1.2 per worker). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Vercheny went to work by public transport. 11.0% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Vercheny, 1.2 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vercheny than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.08/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Vercheny: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vercheny€10.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €12.93/m² a month)
€10.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Barry and 2 more in and around Vercheny

Museums and heritage in and near Vercheny. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vercheny

12pages on Vercheny

Landmarks

Nothing in Vercheny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Vercheny

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vercheny yet.

How we find them →

Vercheny’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Drôme →
DieAouste-sur-SyeCrestDieulefitMontmeyranAllexDieAouste-sur-SyeCrestDieulefitMontmeyranAllexVercheny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vercheny443—————
Die4,8446.6C−C−DB−
Aouste-sur-Sye2,7339.9C+CB−A−
Crest8,65812DCC−B−
Dieulefit3,28916B−CAC+
Montmeyran2,96016C+CAB
Allex2,69817—C+—A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Vercheny

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Vercheny is a commune of 443 people in the Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme. 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
443 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Cœur de Drôme
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
26368

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.