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LancômeLoir-et-Cher

A town of 123 in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Lancôme a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Lancôme is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.

What makes Lancôme stand out

The one thing Lancôme does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Pierre
Église Saint-Pierre · Classé · Photo: Original téléversé par Thonic sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lancôme’s story

Lancôme in pictures

Lancôme has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.

48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1990First protected: Église Saint-Pierre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lancôme.

History

Lancôme keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 48% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Lancôme is Église Saint-Pierre. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1990
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Few people in Lancôme are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

23% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 16%, between Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 30% have a degree.

47.8median age
LancômeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lancôme
LancômeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–247.4%8.9%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+23%30%22%
No diploma15%25%19%
CAP or BEP24%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education30%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Lancôme has lower unemployment than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 1.5%

The median disposable income was €30,410 a year per consumption unit, above both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.1% of Lancôme’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Lancôme, 0.2 per working resident
1.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Lancôme is €9.91/m² a month

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

Sales in Lancôme from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €10.17/m² a month.

€9.91/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lancôme€9.91/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€9.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.01 to €12.25/m² a month)
€10.17/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 Lancôme

11pages on Lancôme

Landmarks

Lancôme has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Original téléversé par Thonic sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Lancôme

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

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Lancôme’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 Loir-et-Cher →
VillebarouBloisVeuzain-sur-LoireVendômeLa Chaussée-Saint-VictorChâteau-RenaultVillebarouBloisVeuzain-sur-LoireVendômeLa Chaussée-Saint-VictorChâteau-RenaultLancôme
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lancôme123—————
Villebarou2,5849.1—B—B−
Blois47,2199.8C−B−D−B−
Veuzain-sur-Loire3,33311BB+B+B+
Vendôme15,75811B−BC−A−
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor4,47111B+B−B−A−
Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire4,39211C−AD−C+

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

About Lancôme

Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Lancôme is a commune of 123 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys». 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
123 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys»
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
3.8 sq mi (10 km²)
INSEE code
41108

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.