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The town, home to 122 people, lies in Aveyron, Occitanie.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves La Bastide-Pradines out for now. Second homes make up 46% of its housing. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things La Bastide-Pradines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bastide-Pradines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ferme fortifiée des Brouzes, in Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon, 2.2 mi away.
54% 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 La Bastide-Pradines.
Aged 15 to 24: 6.2% of residents. 35% of residents are 65 or over, above both Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Bastide-Pradines | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 29% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Public transport took 2.2% of La Bastide-Pradines’ working residents to work at the census. 10.0% of the labour force were unemployed, above Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in La Bastide-Pradines: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.87/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near La Bastide-Pradines. Best known first.
Nothing in La Bastide-Pradines 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 La Bastide-Pradines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide-Pradines | 122 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Millau | 22,044 | 7 | A− | B | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Affrique | 7,941 | 8.9 | A | A− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
La Bastide-Pradines is a commune of 122 people in the Communauté de communes Larzac et Vallées. 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) · 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 November 4, 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.