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A town of 473 in Gard, Occitanie.

Is Lecques a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Lecques

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Julien de Montredon, in Salinelles, 2.4 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lecques.

Who lives here

Children make up 21% of Lecques, above Gard’s towns and compared French towns

For Lecques, that is above both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.

42.4median age
LecquesGard medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lecques
LecquesGard medianFrance median
Under 1521%17%17%
15–2411%9.5%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+17%24%22%
No diploma15%20%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education38%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.5% of commuters in Lecques go to work without a car, fewer than in Gard’s towns and compared French towns

Lecques sits below both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Lecques has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lecques, 0.3 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 Lecques is €12.93/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.

€12.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lecques€12.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gard median€12.19/m²
€12.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.29 to €16.24/m² a month)
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Pondres and 3 more in and around Lecques

Heritage in and near Lecques. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Lecques

12pages on Lecques

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Lecques

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

How we find them →

Lecques’ neighbors

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

All towns in Gard →
SommièresQuissacAubaisCalvissonRestinclièresClarensacSommièresQuissacAubaisCalvissonRestinclièresClarensacLecques
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lecques473—————
Sommières5,0733.8DCD−D
Quissac3,5286CCA−B−
Aubais2,9257.3—C−—B
Calvisson6,4867.4CC−B+C+
Restinclières Hérault2,6128—D—A+
Clarensac4,3868—D—A+

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

About Lecques

Commune in Gard, Occitanie

Lecques is a commune of 473 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Sommières. 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
473 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Sommières
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
30144

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.