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RoquesGers

A town of 103 in Gers, Occitanie.

Is Roques a good place to live?

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

What makes Roques stand out

The 2 things Roques does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Roques

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

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Lagardère, 1.6 mi away.

39% 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 Roques.

Who lives here

Roques skews older, with 42% of residents 65 or over, more than Gers’ towns or compared French towns

In the comparison, Roques comes above both Gers’ towns (34%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 6.8% of the town.

60.5median age
RoquesGers medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

57% women, 43% men

About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Roques
RoquesGers medianFrance median
Under 156.8%13%17%
15–244.9%8.5%11%
25–4412%18%23%
45–6435%27%26%
65+42%34%22%
No diploma15%25%19%
CAP or BEP32%24%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education28%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Roques than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 2.4%

For Roques, that is below both Gers’ towns (12.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Roques has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Roques, 0.5 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
17%
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 Roques is €9.82/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.82/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roques€9.82/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gers median€9.96/m²
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.25/m² a month)
€8.07/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 Lagardère and 4 more in and around Roques

Heritage in and near Roques. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Roques

12pages on Roques

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Roques

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

How we find them →

Roques’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Gers →
Vic-FezensacCondomEauzeLectoureVic-FezensacCondomEauzeLectoureRoques
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Roques103—————
Vic-Fezensac3,5776.1AA−BB−
Condom6,4738.6B+AC+C+
Eauze4,1089.6ABAB−
Lectoure3,67018AB+A+B

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

About Roques

Commune in Gers, Occitanie

Roques is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes Artagnan de Fezensac. 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
103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Artagnan de Fezensac
Département
Gers (32)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.5 km²)
INSEE code
32351

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.