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LabrousseCantal

A town of 478 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Labrousse a good place to live?

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

What makes Labrousse stand out

The one thing Labrousse does most differently from other towns.

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Labrousse’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Labrousse’s story

No historic monuments in Labrousse

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

The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Peyreficade, in Carlat, 1.9 mi away.

16% 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

Labrousse has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

17% of adults hold a degree, below both Cantal’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents. Half of Labrousse is older than 45.8, half younger.

45.8median age
LabrousseCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Labrousse
LabrousseCantal medianFrance median
Under 1517%12%17%
15–247.6%10%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+23%28%22%
No diploma21%20%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education17%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Labrousse walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 2.7%

6.4% of the labour force are out of work. Labrousse holds 50 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. At the census, 1.3% of working residents in Labrousse didn’t travel to work at all.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Labrousse, 0.2 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
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 Labrousse than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.76/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.90/m² a month. Labrousse recorded 11 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Labrousse€7.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.23 to €9.68/m² a month)
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de l'agriculture et de la vie rurale and 2 more in and around Labrousse

Heritage and museums in and near Labrousse. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Labrousse

12pages on Labrousse

Landmarks

Nothing in Labrousse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Labrousse

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Labrousse yet.

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Labrousse’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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Arpajon-sur-CèreAurillacYtracArpajon-sur-CèreAurillacYtracLabrousse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Labrousse478—————
Arpajon-sur-Cère6,3614.9AA−A+B−
Aurillac26,2146.9A−AC+C+
Ytrac4,3399.3—A—B−

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

About Labrousse

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Labrousse is a commune of 478 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération. 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
478 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.7 sq mi (19.9 km²)
INSEE code
15085

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.