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La Capelle-BalaguierAveyron

346 residents make their home in this town in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is La Capelle-Balaguier a good place to live?

There are no grades for La Capelle-Balaguier: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 16% of its homes are second homes.

What makes La Capelle-Balaguier stand out

The one thing La Capelle-Balaguier does most differently from other towns.

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La Capelle-Balaguier’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Capelle-Balaguier’s story

No historic monuments in La Capelle-Balaguier

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Capelle-Balaguier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Dolmen du Bois de Galtier, in Martiel, 2.6 mi away.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Children make up 18% of La Capelle-Balaguier, above Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below both Aveyron’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (30%). Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%.

43.7median age
La Capelle-BalaguierAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Capelle-Balaguier
La Capelle-BalaguierAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–248.7%8.9%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+23%30%22%
No diploma15%19%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education24%29%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 2.7% of commuters in La Capelle-Balaguier go to work without a car, fewer than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns

Per resident in work, La Capelle-Balaguier counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). At the census, 8.2% of working residents in La Capelle-Balaguier didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €25,250 a year per consumption unit, near both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in La Capelle-Balaguier, 0.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in La Capelle-Balaguier costs less than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.07/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

La Capelle-Balaguier recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.18/m² a month.

€8.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Capelle-Balaguier€8.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €9.88/m² a month)
€8.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Capelle-Balaguier

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Landmarks

Nothing in La Capelle-Balaguier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from La Capelle-Balaguier

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Capelle-Balaguier yet.

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La Capelle-Balaguier’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Villefranche-de-RouergueCapdenac-GareFigeacAubinDecazevilleVillefranche-de-RouergueCapdenac-GareFigeacAubinDecazevilleLa Capelle-Balaguier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Capelle-Balaguier346—————
Villefranche-de-Rouergue11,2717.6B+A−CB
Capdenac-Gare4,44011AAC+B
Figeac Lot9,79313C+B−DC+
Aubin3,44417BA+A+C+
Decazeville5,02018CACC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About La Capelle-Balaguier

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

La Capelle-Balaguier is a commune of 346 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté. 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

Population
346 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.4 km²)
INSEE code
12053

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.