Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Rougé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rougé 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 Rougé.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Rougé works less well than 93% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €24,350 a year per consumption unit, below both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€27,630) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.8% of commuters travelled at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 8.5%.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Rougé, 0.4 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Rougé costs less than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.93/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,253/m², lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (€2,844/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Rougé: 66 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,253/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rougé€1,253/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire-Atlantique median€2,844/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,253/m²
66
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.10 to €11.22/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Châteaubriant-Derval
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than expected: Rougé is above 86% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Rougé: 104 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 340 residents of Rougé died, against 254 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. Average lifespans in Loire-Atlantique: 86.2 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Rougé · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant
4.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Chateaubriant
86.2 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire-Atlantique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Rougé: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Rougé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Rougé than in Loire-Atlantique’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (19%). Residents of Rougé have a median age of 47.6.
47.6median age
RougéLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Rougé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.7 violent offenses and 11.8 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, 20 offenses were recorded in Rougé. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud5
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
42.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 42.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Chamballan and 2 more in and around Rougé
Heritage and museums in and near Rougé. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rougé
Is Rougé safe?
Rougé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Is Rougé expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rougé grades A for cost of living.
About Rougé
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Rougé is a commune of 2,146 people in the Communauté de communes Châteaubriant-Derval. 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.
