Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 12,576 people, lies in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
With a C overall, Rognac is better than 32% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #44 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Rognac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rognac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rognac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de Roquepertuse, in Velaux, 3.5 mi away.
2.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rognac.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Rognac sell for €2,895/m², houses for €3,798/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.86/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 340 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,798/m² | 209 |
| Apartments | €2,895/m² | 131 |
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.
7 GPs practise in Rognac. Adjusted for age and care homes, Rognac records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 1,094 residents of Rognac died, against 1,002 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Rognac, 91.0% passed the bac, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.4 mi away. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Commandant CousteauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 81%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Caucadis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 33 | 88% |
| Collège RoquepertuseBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 205 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,930 a year per consumption unit, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Rognac: 4,500, for 5,550 residents in work (0.8 each). 2.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 31% of adults, lower than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and near compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. At 43.2, the median resident of Rognac sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rognac | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.7 (2023–2025 average). Rognac’s tally for 2025: 261 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Rognac. Best known first.
Nothing in Rognac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
10 notable people were born in Rognac.
Edmond Théry: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Julien Blaine: Drong~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yllya: Yllya, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rognac | 12,576 | — | C | D | B− | C− |
| Velaux | 8,941 | 2.7 | B+ | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Berre-l'Étang | 13,832 | 3.1 | D− | D | C+ | C− |
| Vitrolles | 36,758 | 3.8 | D | D− | D | C |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers | 9,039 | 4.3 | B | D− | B | B− |
| Coudoux | 3,825 | 4.5 | — | D− | — | A |
| Ventabren | 5,839 | 4.8 | B | D− | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #40 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 87 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #13 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. 88% of 33 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Caucadis in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rognac grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rognac is a commune of 12,576 people in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. 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 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.