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La RochepotCôte-d'Or

It is a town of 284 residents in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is La Rochepot a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so La Rochepot has none. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.

What makes La Rochepot stand out

The one thing La Rochepot does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen dit La Pierre qui vire
Dolmen dit La Pierre qui vire · Classé · Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0
La Rochepot’s story

La Rochepot in pictures

La Rochepot has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1909.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1909First protected: Église Saint-Georges
  • 2013Most recently protected: Domaine du château de La Rochepot
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The data

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

Who lives here

Few people in La Rochepot are 15 to 24: 7.7%, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns

Under 15: 17% of residents. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of La Rochepot is 46.1 years old.

46.1median age
La RochepotCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Rochepot
La RochepotCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–247.7%11%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+19%24%22%
No diploma14%22%19%
CAP or BEP30%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education30%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

La Rochepot keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

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

The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in La Rochepot is Dolmen dit La Pierre qui vire. This Côte-d'Or town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé4
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1909
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in La Rochepot than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 3.5%

Half of residents lived on more than €28,250 a year per consumption unit, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.9% of the labour force are out of work. 50 jobs are based in La Rochepot, for 150 working residents (0.4 per worker).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in La Rochepot, 0.4 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in La Rochepot costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.03/m² a month

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

Sales in La Rochepot from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments.

€10.03/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Rochepot€10.03/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.00 to €12.58/m² a month)
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Station de Bel Air and 5 more in and around La Rochepot

Other places to visit and heritage in and near La Rochepot. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Rochepot

12pages on La Rochepot

Landmarks

La Rochepot has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Georges: Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine du château de La Rochepot: Photo: John Picken · CC BY 2.0 · Croix du cimetière: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from La Rochepot

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Rochepot as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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La Rochepot’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 Côte-d'Or →
ChagnyBeauneChampforgeuilGivryChâtenoy-le-RoyalGergyChagnyBeauneChampforgeuilGivryChâtenoy-le-RoyalGergyLa Rochepot
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Rochepot284—————
Chagny Saône-et-Loire5,3505.1A−A−C+D
Beaune20,3529.4B+CC−A−
Champforgeuil Saône-et-Loire2,63712—A−—B−
Givry Saône-et-Loire3,59812A+B−A+A
Châtenoy-le-Royal Saône-et-Loire6,26713ABA−B−
Gergy Saône-et-Loire2,56614—B+—A

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

About La Rochepot

Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

La Rochepot is a commune of 284 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. 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
284 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.4 sq mi (14 km²)
INSEE code
21527

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 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.