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A town of 1,034 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vinsobres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Vinsobres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vinsobres 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Vinsobres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont sur l'Eygues, in Nyons, 4.6 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Vinsobres. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vinsobres.
On this, Vinsobres is below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 33% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Vinsobres | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Vinsobres comes below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Vinsobres has 300 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Vinsobres died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% 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−.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in the graded categories in Vinsobres in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 37.0% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vinsobres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vinsobres as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinsobres | 1,034 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Nyons | 6,816 | 4.1 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Valréas Vaucluse | 9,224 | 4.9 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 6,058 | 6 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes Vaucluse | 2,656 | 10 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Malaucène Vaucluse | 2,758 | 11 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Dieulefit | 3,289 | 13 | B− | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vinsobres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 17.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vinsobres is a commune of 1,034 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. 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.