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Roche-en-RégnierHaute-Loire

In Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 476 residents.

Is Roche-en-Régnier a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Roche-en-Régnier has none. Second homes make up 31% of its housing. Nearly two in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Roche-en-Régnier stand out

The 2 things Roche-en-Régnier does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Maurice-de-Roche
Église Saint-Maurice-de-Roche · Classé · Photo: Vert42450 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Roche-en-Régnier’s story

Roche-en-Régnier in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Roche-en-Régnier counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Balthazar Faure, born in 1746, is the one person born in Roche-en-Régnier before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1942First protected: Église Saint-Maurice-de-Roche
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Landmarks

The list names few of Roche-en-Régnier’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Maurice-de-Roche: Photo: Vert42450 · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roche-en-Régnier.

Who lives here

An older town: 39% of people in Roche-en-Régnier are 65 or over, more than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns

57.8median age

Degrees are held by 16% of adults. 11% are under 15, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). In addition, people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% of the town.

Roche-en-RégnierHaute-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Roche-en-Régnier
Roche-en-RégnierHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–247.1%11%11%
25–4413%21%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+39%25%22%
No diploma26%19%19%
CAP or BEP34%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education16%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Roche-en-Régnier keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Roche-en-Régnier is Église Saint-Maurice-de-Roche. On the Culture ministry’s list, Roche-en-Régnier counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

More people in Roche-en-Régnier are out of work than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.0%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.9% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Roche-en-Régnier: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.4 each). The median disposable income is €24,620 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Roche-en-Régnier, 0.4 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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 Roche-en-Régnier than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.64/m² a month

€7.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Roche-en-Régnier recorded 21 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Roche-en-Régnier€7.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€7.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.81 to €10.05/m² a month)
€7.43/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 Roche-en-Régnier

12pages on Roche-en-Régnier
Nearby attractions

Château d'Artias and 3 more in and around Roche-en-Régnier

Heritage in and near Roche-en-Régnier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Roche-en-Régnier

One notable person was born in Roche-en-Régnier.

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About Roche-en-Régnier

Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Roche-en-Régnier is a commune of 476 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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
476 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.8 km²)
INSEE code
43164

Roche-en-Régnier’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 Haute-Loire →
RetournacBeauzacSaint-Maurice-de-LignonBas-en-BassetYssingeauxMonistrol-sur-LoireRetournacBeauzacSaint-Maurice-de-LignonBas-en-BassetYssingeauxMonistrol-sur-LoireRoche-en-Régnier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Roche-en-Régnier476—————
Retournac3,0074.4AAAB−
Beauzac2,9547.9—A—C−
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon2,6889.4—A−—C
Bas-en-Basset4,6389.7AA−A+B−
Yssingeaux7,41511AA−BC
Monistrol-sur-Loire8,82312A−B+B−C+

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

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 November 4, 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.