Lectoure grades A overall: better than 90% of compared French towns, and #2 of 9 in Gers. Its weakest subject is schools (C+): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,595/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Gersoise. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lectoure with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lectoure.
Safety
Lectoure records less crime per resident than 98% of compared French towns
No compared town in Gers has less graded crime per resident than Lectoure: it ranks first of 9. Police and gendarmerie recorded 40 offenses in the graded categories in Lectoure in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 12.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
2.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence16
Criminal damage15
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud25
Theft without violence21
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
Lectoure is rich in protected monuments: 30 per 10,000 residents, more than Gers’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Lectoure comes above both Gers’ towns (9.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005. The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Lectoure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Older residents shape Lectoure: 36% are 65 or over, above Gers’ towns and compared French towns
For Lectoure, that is above both Gers’ towns (34%) and compared French towns (22%). 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
55.4median age
LectoureGers medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Lectoure gets a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,595/m², comes from 131 sales of houses and apartments in Lectoure from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.96/m² a month, close to Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,595/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lectoure€1,595/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,684/m²
114
€9.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.80 to €12.73/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Gersoise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Lectoure has 1.4 jobs for every resident in work
13.9% of Lectoure’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 74% drove.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,850
jobs based in Lectoure, 1.4 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Lectoure’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 733 residents of Lectoure died, against 677 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Its care home for older people (172 places) counts its residents as Lectoure’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Lectoure · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Condom
19.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Agen Nerac Hopital Saint Esprit
85.5 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gers, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Saint-Gervais: Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fontaine du 13e siècle: Photo: Engascogne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour du Bourreau: Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien couvent des Cordeliers: Photo: Morburre · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-Claude Pertuzé: Morburre, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Banel: Berdom, CC BY-SA 1.0 · Jérôme Soulès: Unknown artist Unknown artist, Public domain · Louis Damblanc: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Jean Belliard: Mayer et Pierson, Public domain
Lectoure’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lectoure
Is Lectoure safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 9 in Gers. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage. With 1,850 jobs for 1,350 working residents, Lectoure draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Lectoure good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #9 of 11 in Gers. 95% of 83 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Maréchal Lannes in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lectoure expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,595/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lectoure grades B+ for cost of living.
About Lectoure
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Lectoure is a commune of 3,670 people in the Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Gersoise. 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
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.
