Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is schools: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #4 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. Nationally, it does better than 85% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rochechouart 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.
Pont du Moulin de la Côte: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Julien: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Biennat: Photo: Alex Hudghton · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien prieuré Saint-Sauveur, actuel tribunal d'instance: Photo: Alex Hudghton · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rochechouart.
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Rochechouart costs less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,209/m²
€1,209/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.18/m² a month, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.85/m² a month. Sales in Rochechouart from July 2023 to June 2026: 159 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rochechouart€1,209/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,209/m²
159
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.44 to €11.35/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Rochechouart keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Rochechouart has 14 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (5.1) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Château, actuellement musée départemental d'art contemporain et sous-préfecture de Rochechouart. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). 3 of the 5 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Older residents shape Rochechouart: 37% are 65 or over, above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
56.7median age
11% are under 15, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.1%. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
RochechouartHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Rochechouart sees less crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns
5.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Among the graded crimes in Rochechouart, the most frequent was family violence (2025). All told, Rochechouart had 58 recorded offenses in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence27
Criminal damage15
Sexual violence9
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence12
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
58
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Schools around Rochechouart do less well than those of 79% of compared French towns
85.0%passed the brevetC−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Rochechouart, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (85.3%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.3 mi away. Results rank its schools #14 of 17 in Haute-Vienne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Rochechouart, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: 80 per 100 expected
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 683 residents of Rochechouart died, against 675 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Rochechouart can choose among 5 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Rochechouart · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People in Rochechouart have lower living standards than in 67% of French communes of 1,000+
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Rochechouart has 1,350 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 1 per worker. The census found 7.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €25,020 a year per consumption unit, close to both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,350
jobs based in Rochechouart, 1 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Paul de Rousiers: Paul de Rousiers (16 January 1857 – 28 March 1934), Public domain · Alpinien Pabot-Chatelard: Planchas, Public domain
About Rochechouart
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rochechouart is a commune of 3,603 people in the Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin. 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
3,603 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
20.8 sq mi (53.8 km²)
INSEE code
87126
Rochechouart’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rochechouart
Is Rochechouart safe?
It grades A for safety, #12 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rochechouart good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #14 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rochechouart expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rochechouart grades A for cost of living.
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.
