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PelouseLozère

A town of 231 in Lozère, Occitanie.

Population
231
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€9.22
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Median income
€28,590
a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970
Walk, cycle, transit
0%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Pelouse a good place to live?

Pelouse is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Pelouse stand out

The 2 things Pelouse does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
41%2%PelouseMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
41% are second homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
14%11%PelouseMedianResidents aged 15 to 24
Who lives here
14% are 15 to 24
of residents, against 11% in the median compared French town
Median age 40.4. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Église Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Église Notre-Dame de la Rouvière · Classé · Photo: Jean Louis Lacombe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pelouse’s story

Pelouse in pictures

Pelouse has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Dolmen de la Rouvière
  • 1973Most recently protected: Église Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pelouse.

Who lives here

Pelouse has fewer older residents than Lozère’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are 65 or over

Graduates make up 44% of adults. 19% are under 15, above Lozère’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 14% of residents.

40.4median age
PelouseLozère medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education44%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pelouse
PelouseLozère medianFrance median
Under 1519%13%17%
15–2414%15%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+16%29%22%
No diploma11%22%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education44%25%30%
Full pagePelouse’s Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages40.4 median age · 16% are 65 or overHouseholds100 households · 2.2 people per householdBorn abroad3.1% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Pelouse?”

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

History

Pelouse keeps more of its old housing than Lozère’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Pelouse has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen de la Rouvière. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected
Full pagePelouse’s history pageOpen the page
Age of homes20% built before 1919 · Older homesMap3 historic monumentsClassé2 classé · France’s highest protectionQuestions“How many historic monuments are there in Pelouse?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Pelouse run higher than in both Lozère’s towns and compared French towns: a median €28,590 a year per consumption unit

Pelouse holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 5.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Lozère’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Pelouse didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving97%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Pelouse, 0.3 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pagePelouse’s work & commute pageOpen the page
Median income€28,590 a year · Median income per consumption unitGetting to work0% walk, cycle or take transitJobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.3 per working resident

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

Housing

Renting in Pelouse costs less than in both Lozère’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.22/m² a month

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

Sales in Pelouse from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments. Houses made up 69% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

€9.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pelouse€9.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lozère median€9.88/m²
€9.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.11 to €11.97/m² a month)
€6.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pagePelouse’s cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€9.22/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pelouse

11pages on Pelouse
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 6.5 mi awayWork & commute50 jobs based hereHousing13 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
Outdoors22% of the commune is protected natureClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 40.4History3 historic monumentsTown HallFamous people

Landmarks

Pelouse has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Classé
Dolmen de la RouvièreDolmen · Prehistory
Inscrit
Croix en pierreCross · 17th c.

Famous people from Pelouse

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

How we find them →

Pelouse’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Lozère →
MendeMarvejolsLangogneMendeMarvejolsLangognePelouse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pelouse231—————
Mende12,4646.3AB+BB+
Marvejols4,76416AA−B+B
Langogne2,83617A−AC+C+

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

About Pelouse

Commune in Lozère, Occitanie

Pelouse is a commune of 231 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère. 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
231 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère
Département
Lozère (48)
Région
Occitanie
Area
12.8 sq mi (33.3 km²)
INSEE code
48111

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.