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A town of 318 in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Lassouts a good place to live?

Lassouts is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Lassouts stand out

The 2 things Lassouts does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Roquelaure
Château de Roquelaure · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lassouts’ story

Lassouts in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lassouts: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1981First protected: Château de Roquelaure
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lassouts.

Who lives here

Few people in Lassouts are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Lassouts comes below both Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 31% of the population.

51.3median age
LassoutsAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lassouts
LassoutsAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1514%14%17%
15–247.6%8.9%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+31%30%22%
No diploma33%19%19%
CAP or BEP23%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%20%18%
Higher education23%29%30%

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

History

Lassouts keeps more of its old housing than Aveyron or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

For Lassouts, that is above both Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lassouts: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lassouts is Château de Roquelaure.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Lassouts run lower than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: a median €20,830 a year per consumption unit

Lassouts sits below both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 6.7% of the labour force are out of work. Lassouts has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving66%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lassouts, 0.5 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
26%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Lassouts is €8.66/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€8.66/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lassouts€8.66/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €11.51/m² a month)
€6.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Chapelle Saint-Laurent du château de Roquelaure and 2 more in and around Lassouts

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lassouts. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lassouts

12pages on Lassouts

Landmarks

The list names few of Lassouts’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Roquelaure: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lassouts

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lassouts as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Lassouts’ neighbors

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

All towns in Aveyron →
EspalionBozoulsSébazac-ConcourèsSévérac d'AveyronOnet-le-ChâteauRodezEspalionBozoulsSébazac-ConcourèsSévérac d'AveyronOnet-le-ChâteauRodezLassouts
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lassouts318—————
Espalion4,6055.2A+AA+B
Bozouls3,0016.8—B+—B−
Sébazac-Concourès3,23414—B−—A
Sévérac d'Aveyron4,02614A+AA−B
Onet-le-Château12,08016A+B−AA
Rodez23,98117ABC+A−

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

About Lassouts

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Lassouts is a commune of 318 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

Population
318 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Comtal Lot et Truyère
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
11.9 sq mi (30.9 km²)
INSEE code
12124

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 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.