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A town of 523 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Rochette a good place to live?

La Rochette is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Église Saint-Sébastien
Église Saint-Sébastien · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Rochette’s story

La Rochette in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Rochette: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Fureau de Villemalet, born in 1760, is the one person born in La Rochette before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1932First protected: Église Saint-Sébastien
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Rochette.

History

Old homes shape La Rochette: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

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

On this, La Rochette is above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Rochette: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in La Rochette is Église Saint-Sébastien.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1932
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in La Rochette hold a degree than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 22%

In the comparison, La Rochette comes below both Charente’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 14% of the town.

48.4median age
La RochetteCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Rochette
La RochetteCharente medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–249.8%9.6%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+24%28%22%
No diploma13%22%19%
CAP or BEP39%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in La Rochette than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 1.7%

For La Rochette, that is below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). La Rochette has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in La Rochette, 0.1 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Rochette than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.76/m² a month

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

La Rochette sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€8.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Rochette€8.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.04/m² a month)
€7.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Rochette

12pages on La Rochette

Landmarks

The list names few of La Rochette’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Sébastien: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from La Rochette

One notable person was born in La Rochette.

Their page →

La Rochette’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 Charente →
La Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisBrieChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureChampniersRuelle-sur-TouvreLa BoixeLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisBrieChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureChampniersRuelle-sur-TouvreLa BoixeLa Rochette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Rochette523—————
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,0255.2B+BB−A+
Brie4,1255.6A+A−A+B−
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,1116.5BA−C+C
Champniers5,2818.2B+A−BB
Ruelle-sur-Touvre7,4089.4C+B+B−C+
La Boixe2,8419.5AA−AC+

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

About La Rochette

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Rochette is a commune of 523 people in the Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord. 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
523 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.1 km²)
INSEE code
16282

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.