Rochecorbon does the important things well, at a cost. Its best grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. With an A overall, Rochecorbon is better than 90% of compared French towns and ranks #8 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. The drawback is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Rochecorbon 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 Rochecorbon.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Rochecorbon than in Indre-et-Loire or compared French towns: 28 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Rochecorbon is Église Notre-Dame. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in the town: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Rochecorbon run below what its ages would predict: 73 per 100 expected, fewer than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 359 residents of Rochecorbon died, against 422 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. 3 GPs practise in the town.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Rochecorbon · 5.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chr Tours Hopital Annexe Pour Enfants Clocheville
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Bretonneau
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Rochecorbon costs more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €2,967/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Rochecorbon is the second most expensive of the 47 towns in Indre-et-Loire, at €2,967/m². Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €10.21/m² a month.
€2,967/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rochecorbon€2,967/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,980/m²
112
€13.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.88 to €15.63/m² a month)
8.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
86.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the six collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Rochecorbon is 92.6%, lower than Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 417 candidates at 3 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.6 mi away.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Rochecorbon run higher than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €31,400 a year per consumption unit
6.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.4% of working residents in Rochecorbon at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport7%
Bicycle4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Rochecorbon, 0.7 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Rochecorbon hold a degree than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 48%
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Ages in Rochecorbon split evenly at 46.8: half are older, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
46.8median age
RochecorbonIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education48%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, actuellement chapelle Saint-Georges: Photo: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tour dite La Lanterne: Photo: Duch · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rochecorbon
Is Rochecorbon safe?
It has less crime per resident than 84% of compared French towns: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades A− for safety, #6 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rochecorbon good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #15 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. 96% of 56 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Marmoutier in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rochecorbon expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rochecorbon grades C− for cost of living.
About Rochecorbon
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Rochecorbon is a commune of 3,219 people in the Tours Métropole Val de Loire. 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
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.
