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RougonAlpes-de-Haute-Provence

In Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, this town has 115 residents.

Is Rougon a good place to live?

Rougon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 54% of homes. 32% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Rougon stand out

The 2 things Rougon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Rougon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Rougon’s story

No historic monuments in Rougon

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Thyrse, in Castellane, 5.7 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rougon.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Rougon than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

55.4median age

Among adults, 35% have a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% of the town, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Rougon is older than 55.4, half younger.

RougonAlpes-de-Haute-Provence medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rougon
RougonAlpes-de-Haute-Provence medianFrance median
Under 1512%16%17%
15–248.1%9.2%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+32%27%22%
No diploma23%19%19%
CAP or BEP21%27%26%
Baccalauréat12%20%18%
Higher education35%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Rougon has lower unemployment than Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%

20%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 50 residents in work, Rougon has 50 jobs: 0.8 each. At the census, 19.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving69%
On foot13%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle2%
50
jobs based in Rougon, 0.8 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
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 Rougon than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.01/m² a month

€11.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Rougon: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rougon€11.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median€11.77/m²
€11.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.75/m² a month)
€9.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rougon

12pages on Rougon
Nearby attractions

Point Sublime and 8 more in and around Rougon

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Rougon. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Rougon

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

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About Rougon

Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rougon is a commune of 115 people in the Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière. 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
115 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière
Département
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
13.9 sq mi (36 km²)
INSEE code
04171

Rougon’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 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence →
FiganièresSeillansFlayoscSalernesFiganièresSeillansFlayoscSalernesRougon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rougon115—————
Figanières Var2,76217—C−—C
Seillans Var2,94117—C−—B+
Flayosc Var4,67318C+C−A−B−
Salernes Var4,01918C−C−B−C+

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

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 November 9, 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.