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1,965 people call this town in Aveyron, Occitanie home. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Rieupeyroux 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.
The 3 things Rieupeyroux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rieupeyroux 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.
Rieupeyroux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Rieupeyroux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1923.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieupeyroux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,287/m², below Aveyron’s towns (€1,741/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 54 homes were sold in Rieupeyroux.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,261/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Rieupeyroux is Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse, 10.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 318 residents of Rieupeyroux died, against 366 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. In Aveyron, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. This Aveyron town has 3 family doctors.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.7% of residents. People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, above both Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Rieupeyroux is 54.7 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Rieupeyroux | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Rieupeyroux is Église Saint-Martial. The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 1,000 jobs are based in Rieupeyroux, for 850 working residents (1.2 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,450 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rieupeyroux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martial: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Rieupeyroux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieupeyroux | 1,965 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Baraqueville | 3,173 | 10 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 11,271 | 11 | B+ | A− | C | B |
| Druelle Balsac | 3,187 | 13 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Luc-la-Primaube | 6,046 | 16 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Aubin | 3,444 | 16 | B | A+ | A+ | C+ |
| Olemps | 3,559 | 16 | A | C+ | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rieupeyroux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 2.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rieupeyroux grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Rieupeyroux is a commune of 1,965 people in the Communauté de communes Aveyron Bas Ségala Viaur. 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
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 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.