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A town of 2,196 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Roche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,187/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% 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.
The 2 things Roche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Roche 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Roche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mur de terrasse antique, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, 3.6 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roche.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Roche below both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 76%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonard de VinciNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 314 | 92%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Roche is below both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). 19% of residents are children under 15.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Roche | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,187/m², above both Isère’s towns (€2,716/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,135/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Roche died, against 130 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Roche comes above both Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970). Roche has 150 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in the graded categories in Roche in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 41.4% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Roche. Best known first.
Nothing in Roche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Roche yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche | 2,196 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Villefontaine | 19,445 | 1.9 | D | C | D | B |
| Diémoz | 2,947 | 3.3 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| La Verpillière | 7,786 | 3.8 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 3.8 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Quentin-Fallavier | 6,189 | 4.1 | D | C− | D− | B |
| Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche | 3,545 | 4.2 | B+ | C | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Roche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 12.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns. 92% of 314 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonard de Vinci in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Roche grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Roche is a commune of 2,196 people in the Communauté de communes Collines Isère Nord Communauté. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.