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Monsempron-LibosLot-et-Garonne

With 2,122 residents, it is a town in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Monsempron-Libos a good place to live?

Monsempron-Libos’s strongest subject is safety (A): an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 17.2% unemployment. It also trails on walkability (C): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Monsempron-Libos 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.

How Monsempron-Libos grades

Each subject compares Monsempron-Libos 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 grading works

Monsempron-Libos has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Monsempron-Libos stand out

The 2 things Monsempron-Libos does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Géraud
Église Saint-Géraud · Classé · Photo: Paternel 1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Monsempron-Libos’ story

Monsempron-Libos in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Monsempron-Libos: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1848.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1848First protected: Église Saint-Géraud
  • 2009Most recently protected: Ancien prieuré de Monsempron
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Monsempron-Libos: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Ancien prieuré de Monsempron: Photo: Original téléversé par Paternel 1 sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Géraud: Photo: Paternel 1 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monsempron-Libos.

Safety

Recorded crime per resident is lower in Monsempron-Libos than in 93% of compared French towns

5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade

Monsempron-Libos’s tally for 2025: 15 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Monsempron-Libos (2025).

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage9
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Fraud15

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.

5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
23.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 23.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

HousingCost of living A

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Monsempron-Libos than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.43/m² a month

€1,213/m²median sale price

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

91 sales of houses and apartments in Monsempron-Libos, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,213/m². Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Monsempron-Libos€1,213/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,244/m²88
€8.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.75 to €10.53/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Fumel Vallée du Lot

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

Who lives here

Monsempron-Libos skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns

55.7median age

14% are under 15, below Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Ages in Monsempron-Libos split evenly at 55.7: half are older, half younger.

Monsempron-LibosLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Monsempron-Libos
Monsempron-LibosLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.1%9.3%11%
25–4414%20%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+36%29%22%
No diploma33%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%19%18%
Higher education15%23%30%

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

HealthHealth B+

Fewer deaths than Monsempron-Libos’ ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns

−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

268 deaths in Monsempron-Libos between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 337: 21% below. The nearest emergency department to Monsempron-Libos is Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois, 11.1 mi away. Life expectancy in Lot-et-Garonne: 85.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Monsempron-Libos · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
85.3 · 80.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.

Work & commuteJobs & income D−

Monsempron-Libos has higher unemployment than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 17.2%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €21,310 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
450
jobs based in Monsempron-Libos, 0.7 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns

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

Schools

79.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.3 points below the expected rate

97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the general lycée, 97% of 118 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Monsempron-Libos79.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Monsempron-Libos93.3%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Kléber ThoueillesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6791%+7 pts
Lycée Marguerite FilholNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée11897%+1 pt

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
75%
passed the vocational bac, −3 pts against the expected rate
79.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4.3 pts against the expected rate
0.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Monsempron-Libos: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns

2historic monuments

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

Among the classé monuments in Monsempron-Libos is Ancien prieuré de Monsempron. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1848
first monument protected

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Monsempron-Libos

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Nearby attractions

Prieuré Saint-Géraud and 6 more in and around Monsempron-Libos

Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Monsempron-Libos. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Monsempron-Libos

2 notable people were born in Monsempron-Libos.

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About Monsempron-Libos

Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Monsempron-Libos is a commune of 2,122 people in the Communauté de communes Fumel Vallée du Lot. 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
2,122 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Fumel Vallée du Lot
Département
Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.5 sq mi (9 km²)
INSEE code
47179

Monsempron-Libos’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Lot-et-Garonne →
FumelMontayralPrayssacVilleneuve-sur-LotBiasPujolsFumelMontayralPrayssacVilleneuve-sur-LotBiasPujolsMonsempron-Libos
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Monsempron-Libos2,122——AAB+
Fumel4,6901.5C−AC−C
Montayral2,6542.1B+AAB−
Prayssac Lot2,51912CB−CB+
Villeneuve-sur-Lot22,35012B−A−CC+
Bias2,97714AA−AB+
Pujols3,76914B+BAB−

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

Questions about Monsempron-Libos

Is Monsempron-Libos safe?

It grades A for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Monsempron-Libos good?

They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Monsempron-Libos expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,213/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Monsempron-Libos grades A for cost of living.

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 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.