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A town in Lozère, Occitanie, home to 94 people.
There are no grades for La Panouse: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 52% of homes.
The one thing La Panouse does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Panouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Grandrieu, 3.3 mi away.
23% 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 La Panouse.
Children under 15 make up 16%, above Lozère’s towns (13%) but below compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 33% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Panouse | Lozère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.9% | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census. 50 jobs are based in La Panouse, for 50 working residents (0.7 per worker). At the census, 27.5% of working residents in La Panouse didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
House rents are put at about €6.81/m² a month. The market in La Panouse: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Panouse 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 La Panouse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Panouse | 94 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Langogne | 2,836 | 13 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | 3,955 | 16 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Mende | 12,464 | 16 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
La Panouse is a commune of 94 people in the Communauté de communes Randon - Margeride. 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.