Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,897.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools, B for health, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Romans 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 Saint-Romans 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.
Saint-Romans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Romans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Beauvoir (ruines), in Beauvoir-en-Royans, 1.3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Romans.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,243/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Romans from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 49 homes were sold here. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,289/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Olympe de GougesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Romans have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Romans is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 15.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 132 residents of Saint-Romans died, against 154 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Per resident in work, Saint-Romans counts 0.5 jobs (500 jobs, 900 workers). 10.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Saint-Romans didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 29% of adults. Children under 15 make up 18%, close to Isère’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Saint-Romans in two is 44.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Romans | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Romans was criminal damage (2025). 13 offenses were reported in Saint-Romans during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.6 violent offenses and 10.1 graded property crimes a year.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 49.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Saint-Romans. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Romans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Romans.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romans | 1,897 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 2.9 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 2.9 | B | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 6.5 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 8.2 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 2,936 | 11 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Villard-de-Lans | 4,328 | 12 | A+ | C− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Romans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,243/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Romans grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Romans is a commune of 1,897 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.