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A town of 1,990 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Roquefort has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,568/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Roquefort does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Roquefort 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Roquefort: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Roquefort.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 13.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège George SandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Roquefort’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Roquefort died, against 362 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Roquefort is Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources, 12.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by 21% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Roquefort | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,568/m², comes from 82 sales of houses and apartments in Roquefort from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 82 homes were sold here. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,575/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Roquefort is Église Sainte-Marie. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per resident in work, Roquefort counts 1.2 jobs (950 jobs, 750 workers). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Roquefort didn’t travel to work at all. 8.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Roquefort’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Marie: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Roquefort 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefort | 1,990 | — | — | B+ | B | C− |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan | 2,508 | 10 | — | B− | — | B |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 31,592 | 13 | C+ | B− | D | B− |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 10,092 | 14 | B+ | C+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns: an average of 7.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B for safety.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,568/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Roquefort grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Roquefort is a commune of 1,990 people in the Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. 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.