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239 people call this town in Lot, Occitanie home.

Is Lauresses a good place to live?

Lauresses has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just over a quarter of its homes are second homes. 33% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lauresses stand out

The 2 things Lauresses does most differently from other towns.

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Lauresses’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lauresses’ story

No historic monuments in Lauresses

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lauresses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Césaire ou Saint-Sulpice, in Maurs, 6.3 mi away.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lauresses.

Who lives here

Lauresses has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

12% are under 15, about level with Lot’s towns (11%) and below compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 20% have a degree. Line up the people of Lauresses by age and the one in the middle is 56.7.

56.7median age
LauressesLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lauresses
LauressesLot medianFrance median
Under 1512%11%17%
15–247.6%8.8%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+33%35%22%
No diploma21%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Lauresses, 4.1%, runs below Lot’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €22,290 a year per consumption unit, below both Lot’s towns (€24,345) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Lauresses: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.4 each). Also worth knowing: nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot8%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lauresses, 0.4 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lauresses than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.32/m² a month

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

Sales in Lauresses from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.32/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lauresses€8.32/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.78 to €10.22/m² a month)
€7.72/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 Lauresses

12pages on Lauresses

Landmarks

Nothing in Lauresses is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lauresses

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

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Lauresses’ 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 →
Saint-CéréFigeacCapdenac-GareYtracDecazevilleSaint-CéréFigeacCapdenac-GareYtracDecazevilleLauresses
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lauresses239—————
Saint-Céré3,42912A−B+A−B
Figeac9,79313C+B−DC+
Capdenac-Gare Aveyron4,44015AAC+B
Ytrac Cantal4,33915—A—B−
Decazeville Aveyron5,02016CACC

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

About Lauresses

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Lauresses is a commune of 239 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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
239 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
9.2 sq mi (23.9 km²)
INSEE code
46161

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 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.