Health is a strength (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability — 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Rouvres-en-Plaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rouvres-en-Plaine 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 Rouvres-en-Plaine.
HealthHealth A+
Rouvres-en-Plaine loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 65 per 100 expected, below Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Rouvres-en-Plaine is Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon, 6.7 mi away. 51 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 78: 35% below. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Côte-d'Or can expect 86.1 years and a boy 80.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 6 general practitioners here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw65
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Rouvres-en-Plaine · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon
86.1 · 80.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côte-d'Or, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Rouvres-en-Plaine are out of work than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.9%
4%walk, cycle or take transit
3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (22.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Rouvres-en-Plaine has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Median disposable income is €30,460 a year for each consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Rouvres-en-Plaine, 0.2 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 22% of Rouvres-en-Plaine, above Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns
38.9median age
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%). Degrees are held by 44% of adults. Half of Rouvres-en-Plaine is older than 38.9, half younger.
Rouvres-en-PlaineCôte-d'Or medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education44%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rouvres-en-Plaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
1.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The police record for Rouvres-en-Plaine lists 12 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.8 cases of violence against people and 7.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Family violence0
Armed robbery0
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.
1.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
52.3%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 52.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rouvres-en-Plaine is a commune of 1,303 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine Dijonnaise. 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
1,303 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Plaine Dijonnaise
Département
Côte-d'Or (21)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.7 km²)
INSEE code
21532
Rouvres-en-Plaine’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
