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Population 3,251: a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Where it does best is safety — an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 13.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Lespinasse an A− overall, better than 80% of compared French towns. That places it #27 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. The local economy does well (A−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Homes are dear (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Lespinasse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lespinasse 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lespinasse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Launaguet, in Launaguet, 4.5 mi away.
2.4% 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 Lespinasse.
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up just over a fifth of residents. Typical age in Lespinasse: 36.5, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lespinasse | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Lespinasse show 42 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lespinasse (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 84% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.78/m² a month. 99 houses and apartments changed hands in Lespinasse from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,719/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
128 deaths in Lespinasse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 154: 17% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Lespinasse come to 83 per 100 predicted. For a family doctor, residents of Lespinasse can choose among 2 GPs. In Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Lespinasse is 100.0%, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #27 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 84%−4 pts |
| Lycée général privé Sainte-Geneviève PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 42 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Geneviève PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Lespinasse went to work by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €26,890 a year per consumption unit, in line with Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lespinasse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lespinasse yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lespinasse | 3,251 | — | A− | C | A− | B |
| Gagnac-sur-Garonne | 3,198 | 0.8 | A | C | A− | A |
| Bruguières | 6,202 | 1.7 | B+ | C | B− | B |
| Fenouillet | 5,784 | 2 | C− | C | D− | C |
| Saint-Alban | 6,534 | 2.1 | B− | C | D | A |
| Seilh | 3,356 | 2.2 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Saint-Jory | 8,662 | 2.3 | C+ | C | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #28 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #27 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 42 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Sainte-Geneviève in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.47/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lespinasse grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Lespinasse is a commune of 3,251 people in the Toulouse Métropole. 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 9, 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.