Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,459/m² takes 7.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. School results trail most towns: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Roquefort-des-Corbières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Roquefort-des-Corbières 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bornes milliaires et vestiges d'habitat · Classé · Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
Roquefort-des-Corbières’ story
Roquefort-des-Corbières in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Roquefort-des-Corbières: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1974First protected: Bornes milliaires et vestiges d'habitat
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roquefort-des-Corbières.
Schools
Exam results around Roquefort-des-Corbières trail 92% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Roquefort-des-Corbières, 81.0% passed the brevet, about level with Aude’s towns (82.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 13 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Roquefort-des-Corbières sees fewer deaths than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Aude: 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 102 deaths in Roquefort-des-Corbières between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 129: 21% below. The nearest emergency department to Roquefort-des-Corbières is Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu, 13.2 mi away.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Roquefort-des-Corbières · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
13.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 13% of Roquefort-des-Corbières, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
30% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, below both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 31% have a degree.
52.4median age
Roquefort-des-CorbièresAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Fewer commuters in Roquefort-des-Corbières walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,790 a year per consumption unit, above Aude’s towns (€23,350) but below compared French towns (€25,970). Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Public transport took 2.3% of Roquefort-des-Corbières’ working residents to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Roquefort-des-Corbières, 0.2 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Roquefort-des-Corbières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.2 (2023–2025 average). Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Roquefort-des-Corbières (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
56.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 56.0% of the index here.
Nearby attractions
Porte de la Barbacane and 2 more in and around Roquefort-des-Corbières
Heritage and museums in and near Roquefort-des-Corbières. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Roquefort-des-Corbières
Is Roquefort-des-Corbières safe?
Roquefort-des-Corbières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Roquefort-des-Corbières good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Roquefort-des-Corbières expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,459/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Roquefort-des-Corbières grades B− for cost of living.
About Roquefort-des-Corbières
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Roquefort-des-Corbières is a commune of 1,051 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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
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.
