Roquemaure grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #37 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,316/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Roquemaure 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Roquemaure: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Roquemaure above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Roquemaure has 9 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Roquemaure, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Roquemaure records more crime per resident than 77% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 158 offenses in the graded categories in Roquemaure in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.1 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.2% of the index here.
12.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage49
Family violence40
Theft from vehicles20
Burglary13
Other physical violence12
Sexual violence12
Vehicle theft12
Fraud33
Theft without violence25
Drug use15
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
12.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
158
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Roquemaure’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 619 residents of Roquemaure died, against 537 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Its care home for older people (98 places) counts its residents as Roquemaure’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Roquemaure · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
7.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 9.5% and 24% in the median compared commune of Gard. 27% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Gard 27%, France 30%).
44median age
RoquemaureGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Tour carrée: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien château: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église collégiale et paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison du Cardinal: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Roquemaure
Is Roquemaure safe?
It grades C− for safety, #49 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Roquemaure good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns and #3 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Roquemaure expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,316/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.53/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Roquemaure grades C for cost of living.
About Roquemaure
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Roquemaure is a commune of 5,529 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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
5,529 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
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.
