Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,283 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,748/m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. It is hard to get around without a car: 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and C+ for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lanta has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lanta does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lanta 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.
Lanta has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lanta as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Belberaud, 5.8 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lanta.
54% of adults hold a degree, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 14% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lanta | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 54% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 4.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.7 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les RoussillousNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 94%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Garonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 133 deaths in Lanta from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lanta is Clinique Capio la Croix du Sud Groupe Ramsay Sante, 7.7 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,748/m²: 53 houses and apartments sold in Lanta between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.63/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,802/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Lanta. Best known first.
Nothing in Lanta is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lanta as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanta | 2,283 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Sainte-Foy-d'Aigrefeuille | 2,576 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Drémil-Lafage | 2,608 | 3.8 | — | C− | — | B |
| Caraman | 2,513 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Escalquens | 6,924 | 5.9 | A | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Orens-de-Gameville | 14,646 | 6.4 | B+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 6,133 | 6.5 | A | D | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lanta has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,748/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lanta grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Lanta is a commune of 2,283 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.