Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 13% of its homes are second homes. Homes go for a median €1,431/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Rosières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rosières 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Rosières, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: 81 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 257 deaths in Rosières between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 210: 23% above. The nearest emergency department to Rosières is Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay, 7.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Rosières have one GP on hand.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Rosières · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 13% of Rosières, fewer than in Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.9%, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. Among adults, 25% have a degree.
49.9median age
RosièresHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Rosières are out of work than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.9%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,130 a year per consumption unit, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Rosières: 700, for 700 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Rosières didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot10%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Rosières, 1 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Rosières keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Rosières has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Calvaire dit Calvaire du Champ Clos. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rosières
Is Rosières safe?
Rosières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Rosières expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rosières grades A for cost of living.
About Rosières
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rosières is a commune of 1,548 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
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.
