Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,209 people live in this town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Schools do well: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Rouret has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Rouret 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.
Le Rouret has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The 3 things Le Rouret does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Rouret counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
Le Rouret has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Rouret.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €19.72/m² a month, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €20.47/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 80% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,387/m² | 119 |
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 bac pass rate near Le Rouret is 99.0%, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #4 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Pré des RouresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 189 | 95%+2 pts |
| Lycée Simone VeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 329 | 99%+1 pt |
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.
Le Rouret has 6 family doctors. In Alpes-Maritimes, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 346 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 263, 24% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Rouret is Château du Rouret. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 7.8% of the total, higher than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Half of Le Rouret is older than 47, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Le Rouret | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Le Rouret holds 850 jobs; 1,950 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Le Rouret. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Rouret yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Rouret is a commune of 4,209 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rouret | 4,209 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Opio | 2,527 | 1.3 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Roquefort-les-Pins | 7,292 | 1.9 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Le Bar-sur-Loup | 2,974 | 1.9 | — | D | — | C |
| Châteauneuf-Grasse | 3,815 | 2 | A | D− | A | A+ |
| Valbonne | 11,939 | 3.2 | A− | D− | B− | B+ |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup | 4,165 | 3.2 | C+ | D | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Rouret has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 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 6 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #4 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Rouret grades D− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.