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A town of 1,122 in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Rodelle a good place to live?

Rodelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 49% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Rodelle stand out

The 2 things Rodelle does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Rodelle grades

Each subject compares Rodelle 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.

How grading works

HealthA+Open →WalkabilityD−Open →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityA−Open →Jobs & income4.1% unemploymentB+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rodelle’s story

Rodelle in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Rodelle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1983.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1983First protected: Église de Lagnac
  • 1994Most recently protected: Site archéologique du dolmen du Roc de la Françoune
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rodelle.

HealthHealth A+

Fewer deaths than Rodelle’s ages would predict, 51 per 100 expected, under Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

That puts Rodelle below both Aveyron’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 47 residents of Rodelle died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−49%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw51
Adjusted51
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Rodelle · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
8.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Rodelle is harder to get around on foot than 98% of compared French towns

3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Aveyron’s towns (13.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 4.1% of the labour force are out of work. Rodelle has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Rodelle, 0.2 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns

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

HousingCost of living A−

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Rodelle is €10.16/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.

€10.16/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rodelle€10.16/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€10.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.23 to €12.55/m² a month)
€7.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère

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

History

Old homes shape Rodelle: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns

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

On this, Rodelle is above both Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Rodelle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1983
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Rodelle has fewer young adults than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Rodelle comes below both Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 19% of the town.

44.7median age
RodelleAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education42%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rodelle
RodelleAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1519%14%17%
15–246.8%8.9%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+22%30%22%
No diploma12%19%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education42%29%30%

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

Safety

Rodelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Rodelle in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.

3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Theft from vehicles0

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.

3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.6
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
100.0%
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

Nearby attractions

Château de Dalmayrac and 5 more in and around Rodelle

Heritage in and near Rodelle. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rodelle

13pages on Rodelle

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Rodelle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Site archéologique du dolmen du Roc de la Françoune: Photo: Camzvium · CC0 · Église de Lagnac: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Rodelle

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

How we find them →

Rodelle’s neighbors

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

All towns in Aveyron →
Sébazac-ConcourèsBozoulsOnet-le-ChâteauEspalionRodezOlempsSébazac-ConcourèsBozoulsOnet-le-ChâteauEspalionRodezOlempsRodelle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rodelle1,122——A−—A+
Sébazac-Concourès3,2344.4—B−—A
Bozouls3,0014.6—B+—B−
Onet-le-Château12,0807.1A+B−AA
Espalion4,6057.7A+AA+B
Rodez23,9818.3ABC+A−
Olemps3,5599.8AC+A+C−

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

Questions about Rodelle

Is Rodelle safe?

Rodelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Rodelle

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Rodelle is a commune of 1,122 people in the Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère. 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
1,122 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
20.7 sq mi (53.6 km²)
INSEE code
12201

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.