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A town of 1,484 in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Roye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Roye does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Roye 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Roye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix Saint-Nicolas, in Vouhenans, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roye.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Saône, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Roye has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Roye is Gh Haute Saone site Lure, 1.7 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.55/m² a month, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Roye from July 2023 to June 2026: 40 houses and apartments. Houses accounted for 83% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,525/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.7% of commuters at the census. 250 jobs are based in Roye, for 600 working residents (0.4 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,210 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert JacquardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges ColombNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 232 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, above Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 20% of adults. Also worth knowing: the middle age in Roye is 46.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Roye | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Roye is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Roye yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roye | 1,484 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Lure | 7,877 | 1.9 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Ronchamp | 2,737 | 4.9 | C+ | A+ | A− | D |
| Champagney | 3,647 | 6.8 | B | A | A+ | C− |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 12 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Héricourt | 10,621 | 12 | C+ | A | C | C− |
| Essert Territoire de Belfort | 3,417 | 14 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Roye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 2.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. 97% of 232 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Colomb in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Roye grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Roye is a commune of 1,484 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.