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Some 342 people live in this town, in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Lux has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Lux does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Moulin et maison du meunier, in Mourvilles-Hautes, 1.6 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lux.
Degrees are held by just over two in five adults, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) and above compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Lux are older than 43.5. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lux | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 5.0%, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Lux number 100, against 150 residents in work (0.7 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Lux recorded 8 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.15/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Lux. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lux yet.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Lux is a commune of 342 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | 342 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais | 5,072 | 3.9 | B | B | C | C− |
| Caraman | 2,513 | 7 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Baziège | 3,583 | 8.6 | A+ | B | A+ | B |
| Ayguesvives | 2,812 | 9.5 | A | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Nailloux | 4,211 | 9.6 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
| Montgiscard | 2,587 | 11 | — | B | — | 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.