Overall score
Use the Valence profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Lyon, Grenoble, and other Rhône-corridor cities.
Overall67/100
Affordability78/100
Air quality71/100
Energy72/100
France / Western Europe
Valence City Intelligence
Valence is a regional center in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France on the Rhône river, with agri-food, logistics, and services activity, high-speed rail links along the Rhône corridor between Lyon and Marseille, and a transitional Mediterranean climate setting. Valence is a western europe city of about ~0.18M urban in France. On the composite city-intelligence score, Valence sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (67/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~0.18M urban
Image credit: Image: Jacques FORÊT :Sequajectrof / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall city intelligence
Mixed67/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Data confidence
Directional
Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.
Verified utility layers
See country hub
Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.
Valence data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 67/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 78/100 | Valence's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 71/100 | Valence's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated. |
| Energy | 72/100 | Valence's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 69/100 | Valence's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 70/100 | Valence's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 70/100 | Valence's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 70/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Emergency and public safety in Valence
Local public safety guidance for Valence, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
| Police | 1724/7 | — |
| Medical (SAMU) | 1524/7 | — |
| Fire (Sapeurs-pompiers) | 1824/7 | — |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Valence, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the France emergency profile.
Public safety sources
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Valence
Healthcare context for Valence, with national-level information from France where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Valence, see the France healthcare profile.
Healthcare sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention
Used as the primary attribution for French public-health context.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Valence
Local mobility context for Valence, with national-level context from France where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Valence, see the France transport profile.
Transport sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Transition écologique
Used as the primary federal attribution for French national transport context.
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français: SNCF
Used as the primary attribution for French national rail operator information.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Air quality dataset
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Valence. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Valence
Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025
Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location
Source-attributed values for Valence will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailable- Publisher
- Global City Intelligence
- Last verified
- 2026-05-16
The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Valence air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Valence modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Valence
Valence's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Valence
Valence's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy in Valence
Valence's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Valence
Valence's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Valence
Valence's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Valence
Valence's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
City rankings
Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.
Cost of living in Valence
Cost of living estimates for Valence — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Visual guide to Valence
Source-attributed visual context for Valence using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.
Weekend trip planning guide for Valence
Weekend trip planning checklist for Valence — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.
Nearby weekend places from Valence
Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
Estimate a monthly budget for Valence
Estimate a monthly budget for Valence using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Valence
Plan a trip budget for Valence using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Nearby cities from Valence
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Valence. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Saint-Étienne, France
Same region · about 68 km from Valence. Explore Saint-Étienne's city intelligence profile.
Grenoble, France
Same region · about 71 km from Valence. Explore Grenoble's city intelligence profile.
Lyon, France
Same region · about 93 km from Valence. Explore Lyon's city intelligence profile.
Chambéry, France
Mountain cluster · about 107 km from Valence. Explore Chambéry's city intelligence profile.
Avignon, France
Mountain cluster · about 110 km from Valence. Explore Avignon's city intelligence profile.
Nîmes, France
Mountain cluster · about 129 km from Valence. Explore Nîmes's city intelligence profile.
Annecy, France
Mountain cluster · about 145 km from Valence. Explore Annecy's city intelligence profile.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Mountain cluster · about 162 km from Valence. Explore Aix-en-Provence's city intelligence profile.
Montpellier, France
Mountain cluster · about 168 km from Valence. Explore Montpellier's city intelligence profile.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Mountain cluster · about 170 km from Valence. Explore Clermont-Ferrand's city intelligence profile.
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Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Valence — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
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Interpretation
Use the Valence profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Lyon, Grenoble, and other Rhône-corridor cities. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (78/100) and energy (72/100). The area most worth watching is safety (69/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the France country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Valence appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.