Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Rives Dervoises 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 Rives Dervoises 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 Rives Dervoises.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Rives Dervoises than in Haute-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,033/m², close to Haute-Marne’s towns (€1,048/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 44 homes in Rives Dervoises.
€1,033/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rives Dervoises€1,033/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,033/m²
44
€7.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.15 to €9.19/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,130
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Rives Dervoises, 7.3%, runs below Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €25,060 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 350 jobs are based in Rives Dervoises, for 600 working residents (0.6 per worker). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.2% of commuters at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
350
jobs based in Rives Dervoises, 0.6 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Rives Dervoises is 16.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Rives Dervoises records 104 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Marne’s towns (101) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 130 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 135, 4% more. Life expectancy in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Rives Dervoises · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur de Bar Sur Aube
17.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rives Dervoises has fewer young adults than Haute-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.3% are 15 to 24
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 21% have a degree. Also worth knowing: the median resident of Rives Dervoises is 47.9 years old.
47.9median age
Rives DervoisesHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Rives Dervoises: 29% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Rives Dervoises is Église Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativité. The town has 46 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Haute-Marne’s towns (8.1) and compared French towns (2.5). Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 6 of the 6, make up the bulk. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Croix de cimetière en pierre du 15e siècle: Photo: Sminiou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Sainte-Marie: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rives Dervoises
Is Rives Dervoises safe?
Rives Dervoises has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Rives Dervoises good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rives Dervoises expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rives Dervoises grades A+ for cost of living.
About Rives Dervoises
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Rives Dervoises is a commune of 1,301 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées. 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
1,301 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées
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.
