Lombez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,878/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Saves. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lombez 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 Lombez.
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Lombez, 91.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Gers’ towns (95.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). General-bac pupils go 13 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of residents are 65 or over
Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Gers’ towns (13%) and below compared French towns (17%). 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Lombez is older than 52.1, half younger.
52.1median age
LombezGers medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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+
Lombez gets a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.05/m² a month, near Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €1,878/m²: 116 houses and apartments sold in Lombez between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.50/m² a month.
€1,878/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lombez€1,878/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,924/m²
104
€10.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.70/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Saves
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2013
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Lombez has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Since 2013, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Notre-Dame, ancienne cathédrale.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Only 8.8% of commuters in Lombez go to work without a car, fewer than in Gers’ towns and across compared French towns
Lombez holds 1,000 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €25,420 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Lombez, 1.1 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Lombez is 20.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
411 deaths in Lombez between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 382: 8% above. Its care home for older people (77 places) counts its residents as Lombez’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 4 GPs practise in the town. Average lifespans in Gers: 85.5 years for women, 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Lombez · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
20.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
85.5 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gers, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lombez
Is Lombez safe?
Lombez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Lombez good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lombez expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,878/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lombez grades B+ for cost of living.
About Lombez
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Lombez is a commune of 2,233 people in the Communauté de communes du Saves. 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.
