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A town of 1,899 in Lot, Occitanie.
Lalbenque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,875/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lalbenque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lalbenque 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 1 historic monument in Lalbenque, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lalbenque.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Lalbenque, 95.0% passed the brevet, above both Lot’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sainte-Thérèse PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 95%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Lalbenque sits below both Lot’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Lalbenque died, against 185 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Lalbenque below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 9.0%. Lalbenque has 550 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Lalbenque is below both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 26% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Lalbenque | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lalbenque, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,875/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Lalbenque from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,875/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Lalbenque has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lalbenque yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Lalbenque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. 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 €1,875/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lalbenque grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Lalbenque is a commune of 1,899 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. 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.