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LavaletteHaute-Garonne

In Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, this town has 793 residents.

Is Lavalette a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Lavalette falls below the line for grades.

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

No historic monuments in Lavalette

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Bonrepos, in Bonrepos-Riquet, 3.2 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lavalette.

Who lives here

Lavalette is a graduates’ town: 54% hold a degree, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns

47.5median age

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.

LavaletteHaute-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education54%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lavalette
LavaletteHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1517%19%17%
15–248.3%10%11%
25–4420%25%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+21%18%22%
No diploma7.6%13%19%
CAP or BEP15%22%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education54%40%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Lavalette run higher than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €34,200 a year per consumption unit

5%walk, cycle or take transit

Lavalette has 150 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stood at 3.5%, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Lavalette, 0.4 per working resident
3.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€34,200
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

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

93.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest general lycée is 4.1 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lavalette93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Paul CézanneNearest collègeCollègeCollège10693%−3 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Lavalette is €11.29/m² a month

€11.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Lavalette: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.01/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 95% were houses.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lavalette€11.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Garonne median€12.27/m²
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.83 to €12.97/m² a month)
€11.01/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 Lavalette

13pages on Lavalette
Nearby attractions

Château de Bonrepos and 4 more in and around Lavalette

Heritage in and near Lavalette. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Lavalette

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

How we find them →

About Lavalette

Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie

Lavalette is a commune of 793 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Girou. 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
793 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Girou
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.3 sq mi (13.8 km²)
INSEE code
31285

Lavalette’s neighbors

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

All towns in Haute-Garonne →
Drémil-LafageGragnagueMontrabéVerfeilCastelmaurouQuint-FonsegrivesDrémil-LafageGragnagueMontrabéVerfeilCastelmaurouQuint-FonsegrivesLavalette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lavalette793—————
Drémil-Lafage2,6083—C−—B
Gragnague2,5533.3—B−—B−
Montrabé4,4733.6AC−AA
Verfeil3,9543.7A+B+A+A
Castelmaurou4,5244.3A+BAA
Quint-Fonsegrives6,1334.9ADB−A

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

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 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.