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1,381 residents make their home in this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Rœux’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,824/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. Getting around depends on the car: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rœux 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.
The one thing Rœux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rœux 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.
Rœux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rœux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cromlech, dénommé les Bonnettes, in Sailly-en-Ostrevent, 3.7 mi away.
1.3% 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 Rœux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GerminalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 95%+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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Rœux records 101 deaths per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 99 residents of Rœux died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Rœux is Centre hospitalier D Arras, 6.3 mi away. In Pas-de-Calais, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.95/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.96/m² a month. Rœux recorded 40 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,824/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,850 a year. For its 650 residents in work, Rœux has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. No commute at all: 2.8% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 30% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Residents of Rœux have a median age of 44.5.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rœux | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit in and near Rœux. Best known first.
Nothing in Rœux 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 Rœux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rœux | 1,381 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast | 4,568 | 2.2 | B+ | B+ | B+ | D− |
| Vitry-en-Artois | 4,849 | 4.1 | B+ | B | B | C− |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy | 6,459 | 4.2 | C | C+ | C− | D |
| Saint-Nicolas | 4,494 | 5 | C | B− | C− | D |
| Beaurains | 5,559 | 5.6 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C− |
| Arras | 42,875 | 5.8 | C− | C | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rœux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rœux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Rœux is a commune of 1,381 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. 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.