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Population 5,846: a town in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Overall, Boé earns a B+: better than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, and #8 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. At the median price of €1,957/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for schools, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 2 things Boé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boé 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Radegonde, in Bon-Encontre, 1.3 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Boé. Best known first.
MuseumCathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen4.2 km northwest, in Agen
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen4.1 km northwest, in AgenCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Agen4.1 km northwest, in AgenChurchChurchChapelle Notre-Dame du Bourg4 km northwest, in AgenHistoric houseHistoric housePalais épiscopal d'Agen3.8 km northwest, in AgenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
440 deaths in Boé between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 510: 14% below. In Lot-et-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. This Lot-et-Garonne town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Boé is 95.9%, close to Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (95.5%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #11 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la RocalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 94%+5 pts |
| Lycée Bernard PalissyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 405 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Adèle de Trenquelléon PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 127 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Boé is the most expensive of the 22 towns in Lot-et-Garonne: its median sale is €1,957/m². The median price, €1,957/m², comes from 163 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.71/m² a month, between Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,909/m² | 144 |
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 €25,170 a year per consumption unit, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,455) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 4.6% of Boé’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.5 violent offenses and 15.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. For 2025, the figures show 118 offenses in Boé. This Lot-et-Garonne town has 4,550 jobs for 2,650 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. 27% of adults hold a degree, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (23%) but below compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Boé are older than 43.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Boé | Lot-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Boé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Boé.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boé | 5,846 | — | B+ | C+ | B− | B |
| Bon-Encontre | 6,530 | 1.6 | A− | B− | A− | B |
| Agen | 32,801 | 2.2 | C+ | B | D− | C+ |
| Le Passage | 9,326 | 2.8 | B+ | B− | B | A− |
| Layrac | 4,010 | 3.4 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Pont-du-Casse | 4,191 | 3.9 | A | B | C+ | A− |
| Foulayronnes | 5,476 | 4.4 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #10 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #11 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. 97% of 405 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Bernard Palissy in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,957/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Boé is a commune of 5,846 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen. 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 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.