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Saint-Béat-LezHaute-Garonne

Home to 385 people, this town lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Béat-Lez a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Saint-Béat-Lez out for now. Second homes make up half of its housing. The median home sells for €1,435/m². 38% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-Béat-Lez stand out

The 3 things Saint-Béat-Lez does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Béat-Lez’s story

Saint-Béat-Lez in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Béat-Lez counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 6 people born in Saint-Béat-Lez before 1900, the earliest Joseph Magdelaine Martin, in 1753.

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Landmarks

Saint-Béat-Lez has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Béat-Lez.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Béat-Lez are 15 to 24: 5.2%, fewer than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns

55.6median age

People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The middle age in Saint-Béat-Lez is 55.6.

Saint-Béat-LezHaute-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Béat-Lez
Saint-Béat-LezHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1515%19%17%
15–245.2%10%11%
25–4417%25%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+38%18%22%
No diploma24%13%19%
CAP or BEP25%22%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education24%40%30%

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

History

Saint-Béat-Lez keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
12th c.
oldest protected part
1994
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Saint-Béat-Lez than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,380 a year per consumption unit

9%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs based in Saint-Béat-Lez number 300, against 150 residents in work (2.2 per worker). 10.9% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Saint-Béat-Lez, 2.2 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Béat-Lez costs less than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.21/m² a month

€1,435/m²median sale price

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

Sales in Saint-Béat-Lez from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Béat-Lez€1,435/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,366/m²31
€9.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.37 to €11.50/m² a month)
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Béat-Lez

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Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Béat and 7 more in and around Saint-Béat-Lez

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Béat-Lez. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Béat-Lez

6 notable people were born in Saint-Béat-Lez.

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About Saint-Béat-Lez

Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie

Saint-Béat-Lez is a commune of 385 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. 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
385 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.8 sq mi (10 km²)
INSEE code
31471

Saint-Béat-Lez’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 →
MontréjeauSaint-GaudensMontréjeauSaint-GaudensSaint-Béat-Lez
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Béat-Lez385—————
Montréjeau2,64814C−A−DD
Saint-Gaudens12,13914C+A−DC+

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

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 8, 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.