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The median price paid is €1,000/m². The town, home to 802 people, lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Rom is too small for the grades other French towns get. 14% of its homes are second homes. The median price paid is €1,000/m².
The 2 things Rom does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rom as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Valence, in Valence-en-Poitou, 2.6 mi away.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rom.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.7%. 27% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Rom by age and the one in the middle is 51.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Rom | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,510 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Rom number 200, against 300 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 10.5%, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.01/m² a month, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Rom: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.57/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,000/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Rom. Best known first.
Nothing in Rom is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rom yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rom is a commune of 802 people in the Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.