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Saint-LéonsAveyron

A town of 424 in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Léons a good place to live?

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

What makes Saint-Léons stand out

The one thing Saint-Léons does most differently from other towns.

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Site archéologique du dolmen de la Baldare
Site archéologique du dolmen de la Baldare · Inscrit · Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Léons’ story

Saint-Léons in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Léons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1994.

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

Jean-Henri Fabre, born in 1823, is the one person born in Saint-Léons before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1994First protected: Site archéologique du dolmen de la Baldare
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Léons.

History

Old homes shape Saint-Léons: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Léons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1994
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Saint-Léons has fewer young adults than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24

17% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below both Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Saint-Léons in two is 48.1.

48.1median age
Saint-LéonsAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Léons
Saint-LéonsAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–246.6%8.9%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+20%30%22%
No diploma23%19%19%
CAP or BEP31%26%26%
Baccalauréat15%20%18%
Higher education28%29%30%

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

Work & commute

Saint-Léons has lower unemployment than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 3.1%

For its 200 residents in work, Saint-Léons has 200 jobs: 1.2 each. 10.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €25,110 a year per consumption unit, in line with Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970).

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot11%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Léons, 1.2 per working resident
3.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Léons than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.05/m² a month

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

The market in Saint-Léons: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Léons€8.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€8.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.28 to €10.33/m² a month)
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Micropolis and 8 more in and around Saint-Léons

Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Saint-Léons. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Léons

12pages on Saint-Léons

Landmarks

Saint-Léons has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Site archéologique du dolmen de la Baldare: Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Léons

One notable person was born in Saint-Léons.

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Saint-Léons’ 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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Sévérac d'AveyronMillauSévérac d'AveyronMillauSaint-Léons
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Léons424—————
Sévérac d'Aveyron4,0268A+AA−B
Millau22,0449.1A−BB−B+

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

About Saint-Léons

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Saint-Léons is a commune of 424 people in the Communauté de communes du Lévézou. 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
424 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lévézou
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
12.7 sq mi (32.9 km²)
INSEE code
12238

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.