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1,084 residents make their home in this town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (D−). Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rochefort-Samson 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.
The one thing Rochefort-Samson does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rochefort-Samson 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.
Rochefort-Samson has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rochefort-Samson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du cimetière, in Peyrus, 5.1 mi away.
19% 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 Rochefort-Samson.
Unemployment stood at 4.8%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 4.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs located in Rochefort-Samson: 100, for 500 residents in work (0.2 each). Median disposable income comes to €28,040 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
51 deaths in Rochefort-Samson between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 73: 30% below. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises in the town. The nearest emergency department to Rochefort-Samson is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 7.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Rochefort-Samson: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 96% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 19% of residents. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 40% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rochefort-Samson | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Rochefort-Samson 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 Rochefort-Samson yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochefort-Samson | 1,084 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet | 6,523 | 3.8 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Bourg-de-Péage | 9,921 | 5.7 | C− | B− | D | C |
| Romans-sur-Isère | 33,464 | 6.4 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Alixan | 2,729 | 6.6 | B | C+ | C− | A− |
| Montélier | 4,323 | 7.2 | A+ | C | A | A+ |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans | 2,874 | 7.3 | B | B+ | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rochefort-Samson has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rochefort-Samson is a commune of 1,084 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. 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) · 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.