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1,573 residents make their home in this town in Aveyron, Occitanie.
La Loubière’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 3.3% unemployment. Housing is within reach (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability (D−).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Loubière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Loubière 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.
La Loubière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, La Loubière counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1933.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Loubière.
At the census, 3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 3.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €29,010 a year per consumption unit.
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.
A house rents for an estimated €8.53/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 29 homes in La Loubière. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
87 deaths in La Loubière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 20% below. Adjusted for age and care homes, La Loubière records 80 deaths per 100 expected, near Aveyron’s towns (83) and lower than compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Aveyron can expect 85.1 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in La Loubière is Dolmen de Cayssac 1. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.9% of the total, between Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
21% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Aveyron’s towns (30%) and near compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.1% of residents. Children are 16% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Loubière | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near La Loubière. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Loubière counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Fontaine romane de Cayssac: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmen de Cayssac 1: Photo: El-skrat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Loubière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Loubière | 1,573 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Sébazac-Concourès | 3,234 | 2.3 | — | B− | — | A |
| Onet-le-Château | 12,080 | 3.9 | A+ | B− | A | A |
| Rodez | 23,981 | 4.9 | A | B | C+ | A− |
| Bozouls | 3,001 | 5.8 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Olemps | 3,559 | 6.4 | A | C+ | A+ | C− |
| Druelle Balsac | 3,187 | 8.1 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Loubière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 2.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 900 jobs for 750 working residents, La Loubière draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
La Loubière is a commune of 1,573 people in the Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère. 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.
