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The town has 590 residents and lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
La Roche-l'Abeille isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 13% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing La Roche-l'Abeille does most differently from other towns.
La Roche-l'Abeille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1945.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →The list names few of La Roche-l'Abeille’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Roche-l'Abeille.
Graduates make up 27% of adults. The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. La Roche-l'Abeille has a median age of 50.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Roche-l'Abeille | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. La Roche-l'Abeille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Per resident in work, La Roche-l'Abeille counts 0.4 jobs (100 jobs, 250 workers). The median disposable income is €24,640 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
La Roche-l'Abeille recorded 18 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near La Roche-l'Abeille. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Roche-l'Abeille yet.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Roche-l'Abeille is a commune of 590 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-l'Abeille | 590 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 6,830 | 5.7 | A− | A | B | C |
| Nexon | 2,548 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Bosmie-l'Aiguille | 2,667 | 13 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Boisseuil | 3,010 | 13 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Condat-sur-Vienne | 5,281 | 14 | B | C+ | A | B |
| Isle | 7,995 | 15 | A− | B− | A− | A− |
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 9, 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.