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RochefourchatDrôme

A town of 2 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Rochefourchat a good place to live?

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

What makes Rochefourchat stand out

The 2 things Rochefourchat does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Rochefourchat

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

The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire gallo-romaine, in Saillans, 6.8 mi away.

33% 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 Rochefourchat.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Rochefourchat: 33% are 65 or over, above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

The age that splits Rochefourchat in two is 40.5.

40.5median age
RochefourchatDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma0%
CAP or BEP67%
Baccalauréat0%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

33% women, 67% men

About 50 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rochefourchat
RochefourchatDrôme medianFrance median
Under 150%18%17%
15–240%9.8%11%
25–4467%23%23%
45–640%26%26%
65+33%23%22%
No diploma0%20%19%
CAP or BEP67%25%26%
Baccalauréat0%18%18%
Higher education33%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Rochefourchat has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

0.0% of Rochefourchat’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 50% drove.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving50%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Rochefourchat, 0.5 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
50%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Rochefourchat is €11.49/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.73/m² a month.

€11.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rochefourchat€11.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€11.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €14.98/m² a month)
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rochefourchat

11pages on Rochefourchat

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Rochefourchat

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

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Rochefourchat’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 Drôme →
DieulefitDieAouste-sur-SyeCrestDieulefitDieAouste-sur-SyeCrestRochefourchat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rochefourchat2—————
Dieulefit3,28911B−CAC+
Die4,84412C−C−DB−
Aouste-sur-Sye2,73312C+CB−A−
Crest8,65814DCC−B−

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

About Rochefourchat

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rochefourchat is a commune of 2 people in the Communauté de communes du Diois. 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
2 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Diois
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.7 km²)
INSEE code
26274

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.