Laroque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,225/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Laroque 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laroque.
Who lives here
Laroque skews older, with 30% of residents 65 or over, more than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Laroque is above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of the population.
51.1median age
LaroqueHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Laroque are out of work than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.8%
In the comparison, Laroque comes above both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Laroque, 0.3 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,450
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 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Laroque costs less than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.30/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Laroque, that is below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,225/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Laroque from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,225/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Laroque€2,225/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,366/m²
41
€10.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €13.00/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Laroque, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Laroque sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 89 in Hérault’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 165 residents of Laroque died, against 195 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Laroque · 5.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Louis
21.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu Montpellier Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Laroque
Is Laroque safe?
Laroque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 13.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Laroque good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Laroque expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,225/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Laroque grades C for cost of living.
About Laroque
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Laroque is a commune of 1,668 people in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. 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
1,668 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises
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.
