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A town of 1,257 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lagorce has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1 job per working resident; 14.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Lagorce does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lagorce 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 Lagorce as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Pommiers, in Ruoms, 3.5 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Lagorce. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagorce.
For its 500 residents in work, Lagorce has 500 jobs: 1 each. The median disposable income was €24,210 a year per consumption unit, between Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970). One in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri AgeronNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 86%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over, near Ardèche’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 35% have a degree. The median resident of Lagorce is 48.9 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lagorce | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lagorce is Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas, 11.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 99 residents of Lagorce died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Ardèche is 85.9 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,472/m²: 43 houses and apartments sold in Lagorce between July 2023 and June 2026. A home here costs 7.1 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,496/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lagorce 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 Lagorce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagorce | 1,257 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 8.8 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 10 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 12 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol | 7,661 | 12 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Viviers | 3,633 | 13 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Les Vans | 2,662 | 14 | C | C | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lagorce has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,472/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lagorce grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lagorce is a commune of 1,257 people in the Communauté de communes des Gorges de l'Ardèche. 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.