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A town of 2,193 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lablachère has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,409/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 du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 13.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lablachère does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lablachère 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 Lablachère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen du Calvaire, in Saint-Alban-Auriolles, 4.7 mi away.
24% 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 Lablachère.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Lablachère, 85.0% passed the brevet, below both Ardèche’s towns (87.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Vallée de la BeaumeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 85%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Lablachère, that is above both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). 14% of residents are children under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Lablachère | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Lablachère sits below both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €24,880 a year per consumption unit. Lablachère has 550 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Lablachère below both Ardèche’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 319 residents of Lablachère died, against 331 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.54/m² a month, close to Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,409/m², comes from 56 sales of houses and apartments in Lablachère from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,384/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Lablachère. Best known first.
Nothing in Lablachère 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 Lablachère 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lablachère | 2,193 | — | — | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Les Vans | 2,662 | 5.6 | C | C | C | B |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 12 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Bessèges Gard | 2,606 | 13 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 14 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Saint-Ambroix Gard | 3,445 | 14 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 16 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 8% 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, so Lablachère grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lablachère is a commune of 2,193 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Beaume-Drobie. 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.