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A town of 1,397 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Labégude has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment. At the median price of €1,266/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% 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 Labégude does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labégude 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 Labégude as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Benoît, in Aubenas, 1.7 mi away.
15% 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 Labégude.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 216 deaths in Labégude from 2016 to 2025; there were 195, 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Labégude is Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas, 2.5 mi away.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,266/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in Labégude between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 59% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,453/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Labégude is 96.1%, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away. At the three general lycées, 97% of 526 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège RoquaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 88%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent AstierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 79 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel GimondBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 50 | 96%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 14% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Labégude | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
14.9% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.5% 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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Labégude. Best known first.
Nothing in Labégude is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Labégude.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labégude | 1,397 | — | — | A | — | A |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 1.5 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 2.1 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 8.8 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Privas | 8,538 | 13 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 15 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Labégude has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 80% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 79 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Astier in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,266/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Labégude grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Labégude is a commune of 1,397 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas. 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.