Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #26 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B for schools, B for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rognes 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rognes.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Rognes cost more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,377/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.30/m² a month, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 85% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €13.30/m² a month.
€4,377/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rognes€4,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,684/m²
115
€15.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.96 to €19.58/m² a month)
11.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Rognes has 5 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over one in ten homes were built before 1919. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1999. For its size, Rognes has 11 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.
5historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit5
Antiquity
oldest protected part
1929
first monument protected
1999
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Rognes is a graduates’ town: 49% hold a degree, more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns
29% of residents are 65 or over, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of the population. Children are 14% of the town.
51.2median age
RognesBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education49%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Rognes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Rognes. Its two care homes for older people (199 places) count their residents as Rognes’; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 727 residents of Rognes died, against 633 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Rognes is Chi site de Pertuis, 8 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Rognes · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site de Pertuis
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Maternite Catholique de Provence L Etoile
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Rognes run higher than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €32,800 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Rognes went to work by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Rognes, 0.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Rognes than in 54% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Rognes were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.1 violent offenses and 14.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, 108 offenses were recorded here.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage45
Family violence19
Burglary19
Other physical violence13
Vehicle theft12
Armed robbery0
Fraud42
Theft without violence17
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
108
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.2%
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 sexual violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rognes
Is Rognes safe?
It grades B− for safety, #32 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rognes good?
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns and #16 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rognes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rognes grades D− for cost of living.
About Rognes
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rognes is a commune of 4,693 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
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.
