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RottierDrôme

A town of 25 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Rottier a good place to live?

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

What makes Rottier stand out

The 2 things Rottier does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Rottier’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Rottier’s story

No historic monuments in Rottier

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

The nearest classé monument is Prieuré (ancien), in Saint-André-de-Rosans, 8.6 mi away.

73% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rottier.

Who lives here

Rottier has fewer young adults than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 0% are 15 to 24

For Rottier, that is below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). 42% of residents are 65 or over.

63median age
RottierDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma38%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat4%
Higher education13%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rottier
RottierDrôme medianFrance median
Under 150%18%17%
15–240%9.8%11%
25–4413%23%23%
45–6446%26%26%
65+42%23%22%
No diploma38%20%19%
CAP or BEP38%25%26%
Baccalauréat4.2%18%18%
Higher education13%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Rottier, 0.0%, runs below Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Rottier sits below both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Rottier has 0 jobs for 0 working residents, 0.8 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Rottier, 0.8 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
27%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Rottier than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.76/m² a month

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

That puts Rottier below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rottier€9.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€9.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.58 to €12.56/m² a month)
€7.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de La Charce and 4 more in and around Rottier

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Rottier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Rottier

12pages on Rottier

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Rottier

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

How we find them →

Rottier’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 →
NyonsDieulefitNyonsDieulefitRottier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rottier25—————
Nyons6,81616C−C−CB−
Dieulefit3,28918B−CAC+

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

About Rottier

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rottier is a commune of 25 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
25 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Diois
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.4 km²)
INSEE code
26283

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.