More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 30%
With flats at 8.1%, Romeyer is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have as many single-parent households: 18% here, more than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 233, in 110 households. In Romeyer, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Drôme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Romeyer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Romeyer, 30% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Romeyer, 1.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
5.2% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Romeyer’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then +18% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Romeyer 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Romeyer’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 72% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Romeyer has more couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 27%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,330 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €22,330 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 4.6%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a retired person: 36% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In Romeyer, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 3% in Romeyer, less than in 64% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Across Romeyer, 5.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 77% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Romeyer (25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 4% of adults out of school have no qualification in Romeyer
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of graduates of higher education is 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 17th youngest of 41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Romeyer is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romeyer | 44.6 | 20% | 30% | 5.6% |
| Die 4,844 · 2.6 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 17.4 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 17.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Romeyer
What is the population of Romeyer?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (210).
How old are Romeyer’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Romeyer?
52, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Romeyer?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Romeyer?
€22,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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