Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 296 residents and lies in Lot, Occitanie.
Laval-de-Cère isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Just over a quarter of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
The 2 things Laval-de-Cère does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Laval-de-Cère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de la tour, in Teyssieu, 2.4 mi away.
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 Laval-de-Cère.
Children are 11% of the town. 28% of residents are 65 or over, between Lot’s towns (35%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Laval-de-Cère | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 14.0%. Half of residents lived on more than €22,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Lot’s towns (€24,345) and compared French towns (€25,970). 150 jobs are based in Laval-de-Cère, for 100 working residents (1.1 per worker).
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 16 homes in Laval-de-Cère.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Laval-de-Cère. Best known first.
Nothing in Laval-de-Cère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Laval-de-Cère yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-de-Cère | 296 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Céré | 3,429 | 6.7 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze | 2,881 | 10 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Gramat | 3,512 | 16 | B− | B+ | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Laval-de-Cère is a commune of 296 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. 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) · 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.