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La Roche-de-RameHautes-Alpes

A town of 904 in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is La Roche-de-Rame a good place to live?

La Roche-de-Rame has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 19% of its housing.

What makes La Roche-de-Rame stand out

The one thing La Roche-de-Rame does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: Sébastien HOSY · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Roche-de-Rame’s story

La Roche-de-Rame in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Roche-de-Rame: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-François Allard, born in 1806, is the one person born in La Roche-de-Rame before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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The data

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History

1 historic monument in La Roche-de-Rame, 1 classé

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

Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, higher than both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (7.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
14th c.
oldest protected part
1913
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

La Roche-de-Rame has fewer young adults than Hautes-Alpes’ towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. The middle age in La Roche-de-Rame is 44.4.

44.4median age
La Roche-de-RameHautes-Alpes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Roche-de-Rame
La Roche-de-RameHautes-Alpes medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–247.3%9%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+21%29%22%
No diploma14%16%19%
CAP or BEP26%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education33%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.4% of commuters in La Roche-de-Rame go to work without a car, fewer than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and compared French towns

7.3% of the labour force are out of work. 150 jobs are based in La Roche-de-Rame, for 450 working residents (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,990 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (€24,860) and compared French towns (€25,970).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in La Roche-de-Rame, 0.3 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

75.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 17 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.9 mi away.

75.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Roche-de-Rame75.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les GiraudesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6175%−17 pts
75.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −17 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Roche-de-Rame than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.47/m² a month

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

Houses accounted for just over four in five sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in La Roche-de-Rame from July 2023 to June 2026: 21 houses and apartments.

€10.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Roche-de-Rame€10.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Alpes median€12.78/m²
€10.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €13.80/m² a month)
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Ecomusée and 3 more in and around La Roche-de-Rame

Museums and other places to visit in and near La Roche-de-Rame. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Roche-de-Rame

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Landmarks

La Roche-de-Rame has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from La Roche-de-Rame

One notable person was born in La Roche-de-Rame.

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La Roche-de-Rame’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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BriançonEmbrunBriançonEmbrunLa Roche-de-Rame
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Roche-de-Rame904—————
Briançon11,41110BDC−B+
Embrun6,41214B−DBC+

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

About La Roche-de-Rame

Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

La Roche-de-Rame is a commune of 904 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Ecrins. 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
904 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays des Ecrins
Département
Hautes-Alpes (05)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
15.8 sq mi (40.9 km²)
INSEE code
05122

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.