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LestardsCorrèze

A town of 117 in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Lestards a good place to live?

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

What makes Lestards stand out

The 2 things Lestards does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martial
Église Saint-Martial · Classé · Photo: Zivax · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lestards’ story

Lestards in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lestards: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1998First protected: Église Saint-Martial
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lestards.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Lestards: 40% are 65 or over, above Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Lestards is above both Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 8.5% of the town.

60.2median age
LestardsCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lestards
LestardsCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 158.5%14%17%
15–246%9.6%11%
25–4410%21%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+40%27%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP26%28%26%
Baccalauréat28%20%18%
Higher education26%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Lestards: 41% were built before 1919, more than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns

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

In the comparison, Lestards comes above both Corrèze’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lestards: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lestards is Église Saint-Martial.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1998
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Lestards, 4.3%, runs below Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

For Lestards, that is below both Corrèze’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lestards has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 0.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lestards, 0.7 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
13%
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 Lestards than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.49/m² a month

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

Lestards sits below both Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€8.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lestards€8.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corrèze median€10.24/m²
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.89 to €10.46/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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lestards

11pages on Lestards

Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martial: Photo: Zivax · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Lestards

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

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Lestards’ neighbors

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

All towns in Corrèze →
ÉgletonsUzercheÉgletonsUzercheLestards
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lestards117—————
Égletons4,34113B+A−A−C
Uzerche2,81416A−ADB

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

About Lestards

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lestards is a commune of 117 people in the Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources. 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
117 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.7 km²)
INSEE code
19112

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.