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A town in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 255 people.
At under 1,000 residents, Durance is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up nearly a third of residents.
The 2 things Durance does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Durance: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2000.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Durance has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien prieuré: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Durance.
A fifth of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, higher than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Durance | Lot-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Durance is Ancien prieuré. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Durance has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Median disposable income is €22,910 a year for each consumption unit.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Durance.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Durance yet.
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Durance is a commune of 255 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne. 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
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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 9, 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.