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RoquefèreAude

69 people call this town in Aude, Occitanie home.

Is Roquefère a good place to live?

Roquefère is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 28% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 41% of residents.

What makes Roquefère stand out

The 2 things Roquefère does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: METGE Jean · CC BY-SA 4.0
Roquefère’s story

Roquefère in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Roquefère, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1985.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Château de Roquefère and 4 more in and around Roquefère

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Roquefère. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roquefère.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Roquefère than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7% are under 15

2.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 32% of adults. Also worth knowing: the median resident of Roquefère is 61.8 years old.

61.8median age
RoquefèreAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Roquefère
RoquefèreAude medianFrance median
Under 157%15%17%
15–242.8%8.9%11%
25–448.5%19%23%
45–6441%27%26%
65+41%29%22%
No diploma21%21%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat14%20%18%
Higher education32%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Roquefère: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Roquefère, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1985
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Roquefère has higher unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 17.2%

7.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Roquefère, 0.2 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Roquefère is €11.43/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.35/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 2 homes in Roquefère.

€11.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roquefère€11.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€11.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.29 to €14.05/m² a month)
€8.35/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 Roquefère

12pages on Roquefère

Landmarks

Roquefère has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Roquefère

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

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Roquefère’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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MazametConques-sur-OrbielAussillonAiguefondeVillemoustaussouPont-de-LarnMazametConques-sur-OrbielAussillonAiguefondeVillemoustaussouPont-de-LarnRoquefère
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Roquefère69—————
Mazamet Tarn10,0857.6C+ADB
Conques-sur-Orbiel2,5237.7A+A−AA+
Aussillon Tarn5,5278.5BB+BB+
Aiguefonde Tarn2,5058.7—A−—A
Villemoustaussou4,4018.9BC+A+B+
Pont-de-Larn Tarn2,9479.5—B+—A

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

About Roquefère

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Roquefère is a commune of 69 people in the Communauté de communes de la Montagne Noire. 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
69 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Montagne Noire
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
11319

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 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.