Bourgs sur Colagne’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B for jobs & income. 14% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bourgs sur Colagne 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.
Each subject compares Bourgs sur Colagne 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.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bourgs sur Colagne: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1922.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1922First protected: Église Saint-Romain
1986Most recently protected: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas du Pin
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourgs sur Colagne.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bourgs sur Colagne than in Lozère’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.48/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,420/m², close to Lozère’s towns (€1,435/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold in Bourgs sur Colagne. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.
€1,420/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourgs sur Colagne€1,420/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lozère median€1,435/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,366/m²
45
€8.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.64 to €10.84/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Gévaudan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
98.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bourgs sur Colagne, 92.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than Lozère’s towns (96.4%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Bourgs sur Colagne, 5.4%, runs below Lozère’s towns and compared French towns
Bourgs sur Colagne holds 500 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,940 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents here at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Bourgs sur Colagne, 0.6 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,940
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 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Bourgs sur Colagne has fewer young adults than Lozère’s towns or compared French towns: 9.4% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, lower than Lozère’s towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
48median age
Bourgs sur ColagneLozère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Bourgs sur Colagne keeps more of its old housing than Lozère’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Bourgs sur Colagne is Église Saint-Romain. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Bourgs sur Colagne records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 83 in Lozère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lozère, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 242 deaths in Bourgs sur Colagne from 2016 to 2025; there were 275, 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Bourgs sur Colagne is Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende, 11.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Bourgs sur Colagne have one GP on hand.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bourgs sur Colagne · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
84.2 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lozère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bourgs sur Colagne: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourgs sur Colagne
Is Bourgs sur Colagne safe?
Bourgs sur Colagne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bourgs sur Colagne good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 100% of 37 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourgs sur Colagne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourgs sur Colagne grades A for cost of living.
About Bourgs sur Colagne
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Bourgs sur Colagne is a commune of 2,091 people in the Communauté de communes du Gévaudan. 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
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.
