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RoillyCôte-d'Or

A town of 52 in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Roilly a good place to live?

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

Roilly’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Roilly’s story

No historic monuments in Roilly

The Culture ministry lists no building in Roilly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de calvaire, in Montigny-sur-Armançon, 1.9 mi away.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roilly.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Roilly are under 15, more than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Roilly by age and the one in the middle is 36.7. Graduates make up 28% of adults.

36.7median age
RoillyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma5%
CAP or BEP41%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Roilly
RoillyCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+17%24%22%
No diploma5.1%22%19%
CAP or BEP41%25%26%
Baccalauréat10%17%18%
Higher education28%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.2% of commuters in Roilly go to work without a car, fewer than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns

Unemployment runs at 7.7%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Roilly, 0.7 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
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

Renting in Roilly costs less than in Côte-d'Or’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.49/m² a month

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

2 houses and apartments changed hands in Roilly from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roilly€7.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median€12.92/m²
€7.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.67 to €9.89/m² a month)
€8.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Thil and 2 more in and around Roilly

Heritage in and near Roilly. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Roilly

12pages on Roilly

Landmarks

Nothing in Roilly is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Roilly

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

How we find them →

Roilly’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 →
Semur-en-AuxoisVenarey-les-LaumesMontbardSemur-en-AuxoisVenarey-les-LaumesMontbardRoilly
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Roilly52—————
Semur-en-Auxois3,9865.1A−A−CB−
Venarey-les-Laumes2,74710A−AA+C
Montbard4,63914BA−C+A−

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

About Roilly

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

Roilly is a commune of 52 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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
52 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.5 km²)
INSEE code
21529

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.