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RoubionAlpes-Maritimes

With 112 residents, it is a town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Population

112

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€11.63

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

15%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Roubion a good place to live?

There are no grades for Roubion: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up four fifths of its housing.

What makes Roubion stand out

The one thing Roubion does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Chapelle Saint-Sébastien · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0

Roubion’s story

Roubion in pictures

Roubion has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1941.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1941First protected: Château (restes)
2020Most recently protected: Vestiges archéologiques du sanctuaire gaulois de la cime de…

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roubion.

History

Roubion keeps more of its old housing than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Roubion has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Saint-Sébastien. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Chapelle Saint-Sébastien 16th c.

Antiquity

oldest protected part

1941

first monument protected

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Age of homes24% built before 1919 · Older homes Map3 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Roubion?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.2% of Roubion, fewer than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns

Among adults, 29% have a degree. 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (11%). What’s more, over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.

55.4median age

RoubionAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median

Alpes-Maritimes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

21%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%

CAP or BEP30%

Baccalauréat14%

Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Roubion
	Roubion	Alpes-Maritimes median	France median
Under 15	9.2%	16%	17%
15–24	8.4%	9.1%	11%
25–44	16%	22%	23%
45–64	45%	28%	26%
65+	21%	24%	22%
No diploma	18%	17%	19%
CAP or BEP	30%	21%	26%
Baccalauréat	14%	20%	18%
Higher education	29%	36%	30%

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Ages55.4 median age · 21% are 65 or over Households60 households · 1.8 people per household Born abroad3.4% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Roubion?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Roubion, 12.1%, runs above Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns

Per resident in work, Roubion counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%

On foot7%

Public transport7%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Roubion, 0.5 per working resident

12.1%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.5 per working resident Getting to work15% walk, cycle or take transit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Roubion than in Alpes-Maritimes’ towns or across compared French towns: €11.63/m² a month

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

Houses made up 63% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 24 homes were sold in Roubion.

€11.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roubion€11.63/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Alpes-Maritimes median€18.66/m²

€11.63/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.41 to €16.08/m² a month)

€9.46/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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Renting€11.63/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Roubion

12pages on Roubion

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 27.3 mi away Work & commute50 jobs based here Housing24 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 55.4 History3 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Roubion has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

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Inscrit

Vestiges archéologiques du sanctuaire gaulois de la cime de TournerieArchaeological site · Antiquity

Château (restes)Château · 12th c.

Photo credits

Château (restes): Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Roubion

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

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About Roubion

Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Roubion is a commune of 112 people in the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 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: 112 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Département: Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area: 10.4 sq mi (27 km²)
INSEE code: 06110

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 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.