La Canourgue’s best grade is for schools — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for walkability. Second homes make up 28% of its housing.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Canourgue 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 La Canourgue 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Canourgue than in Lozère’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.24/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,646/m², higher than Lozère’s towns (€1,435/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Among the homes sold, 91% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 58 homes were sold in La Canourgue.
€1,646/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Canourgue€1,646/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lozère median€1,435/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,560/m²
53
€9.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €12.04/m² a month)
4.6
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
€24,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Aubrac Lot Causses Tarn
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of residents are 65 or over
16% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, between Lozère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of La Canourgue by age and the one in the middle is 47.3.
47.3median age
La CanourgueLozère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
More protected monuments for its size in La Canourgue than in Lozère or compared French towns: 39 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a fifth of the total, above Lozère’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2026. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in La Canourgue: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen de Chardonnet.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in La Canourgue, 7.7%, runs below Lozère’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, La Canourgue counts 1.2 jobs (950 jobs, 850 workers). The median disposable income was €24,890 a year per consumption unit, higher than Lozère’s towns (€23,770) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot13%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
950
jobs based in La Canourgue, 1.2 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
La Canourgue’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in La Canourgue come to 89 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 370 residents of La Canourgue died, against 314 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to La Canourgue is Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende, 14.7 mi away. In Lozère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in La Canourgue · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
14.6 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Canourgue
Is La Canourgue safe?
La Canourgue 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 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Canourgue good?
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Canourgue expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Canourgue grades A− for cost of living.
About La Canourgue
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
La Canourgue is a commune of 2,074 people in the Aubrac Lot Causses Tarn. 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.
