Lézat-sur-Lèze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,746/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 1.7 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lézat-sur-Lèze 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lézat-sur-Lèze records less crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 21 offenses in Lézat-sur-Lèze. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
1.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Burglary10
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
1.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 24.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth D
Lézat-sur-Lèze has a higher adjusted death rate than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (85 places) counts its residents as Lézat-sur-Lèze’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 478 residents of Lézat-sur-Lèze died, against 377 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. The nearest emergency department to Lézat-sur-Lèze is Clinique D Occitanie, 13 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Lézat-sur-Lèze · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique D Occitanie
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Lézat-sur-Lèze has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24
29% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, below both Ariège’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Lézat-sur-Lèze in two is 50.
50median age
Lézat-sur-LèzeAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Lézat-sur-Lèze’s grade for cost of living: a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.44/m² a month, above Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 101 sales of houses and apartments in Lézat-sur-Lèze, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,746/m². Houses were 90% of what sold.
€1,746/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lézat-sur-Lèze€1,746/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ariège median€1,645/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,930/m²
91
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.21 to €14.23/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arize Lèze
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer people in Lézat-sur-Lèze are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.1%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.2% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs located in Lézat-sur-Lèze: 800, for 950 residents in work (0.8 each). Half of residents lived on more than €24,290 a year per consumption unit, close to Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Lézat-sur-Lèze, 0.8 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Lézat-sur-Lèze: 24% were built before 1919, more than in Ariège’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Lézat-sur-Lèze is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lézat-sur-Lèze
Is Lézat-sur-Lèze safe?
It grades A+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lézat-sur-Lèze good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lézat-sur-Lèze expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,746/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lézat-sur-Lèze grades C+ for cost of living.
About Lézat-sur-Lèze
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Lézat-sur-Lèze is a commune of 2,321 people in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze. 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
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.
