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A town of 2,454 in Ariège, Occitanie.
Laroque-d'Olmes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,053/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Laroque-d'Olmes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laroque-d'Olmes 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Laroque-d'Olmes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laroque-d'Olmes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 8.1 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 93%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 11%. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.2%, below both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 16% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Laroque-d'Olmes | Ariège median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Laroque-d'Olmes has 4 family doctors. Life expectancy at birth in Ariège is 84.9 years for women and 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 351 residents of Laroque-d'Olmes died, against 424 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
92 sales of houses and apartments in Laroque-d'Olmes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,053/m². Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,067/m² | 90 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 36 offenses were recorded in Laroque-d'Olmes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.3 cases of violence against people and 7.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income is €21,670 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Laroque-d'Olmes: 750, for 750 residents in work (1 each). Nearly 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 7.6%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Laroque-d'Olmes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du textile et du peigne en corne de Lavelanet4.8 km south, in LavelanetGardenGardenPotager Urbain de Lamartine4.3 km southwest, in LavelanetPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Laroque-d'Olmes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église du Saint-Sacrement: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Laroque-d'Olmes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laroque-d'Olmes | 2,454 | — | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Lavelanet | 5,987 | 2.8 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Mirepoix | 3,172 | 8.3 | B− | B− | B | C |
| Foix | 9,934 | 13 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Varilhes | 3,487 | 13 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,230 | 14 | A− | C | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 2,851 | 15 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. 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 €1,053/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Laroque-d'Olmes grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Laroque-d'Olmes is a commune of 2,454 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes. 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.