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1,806 people call this town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability (D) — 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Second homes make up 17% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Lapte 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 Lapte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lapte 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.
Lapte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lapte, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lapte.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,480/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Lapte between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,538/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €24,750 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and below compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.7% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lapte, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lapte is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 14.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 164 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 145, 11% fewer. Life expectancy in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
22% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Lapte is older than 44.4, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lapte | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lapte. Best known first.
Lapte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean de Lapte: Photo: Hélène Rival · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lapte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapte | 1,806 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Sainte-Sigolène | 6,097 | 4.8 | A+ | A | A+ | B− |
| Tence | 3,111 | 5.2 | — | A | — | C |
| Yssingeaux | 7,415 | 5.5 | A | A− | B | C |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon | 2,688 | 5.6 | — | A− | — | C |
| Dunières | 2,670 | 6.1 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Beauzac | 2,954 | 8.5 | — | A | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lapte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,480/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lapte grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lapte is a commune of 1,806 people in the Communauté de communes des Sucs. 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 October 30, 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.