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People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents. This town in Lozère, Occitanie has a population of 2,296.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is another plus: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Peyre en Aubrac 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.
The 3 things Peyre en Aubrac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peyre en Aubrac 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.
Peyre en Aubrac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Peyre en Aubrac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1954.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peyre en Aubrac.
At the census, 11.5% of working residents in Peyre en Aubrac didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €24,620 a year per consumption unit, near Lozère’s towns (€23,770) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 6.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 82% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
371 deaths in Peyre en Aubrac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 329: 13% above. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Peyre en Aubrac come to 98 per 100 predicted. 4 GPs practise in the town. At birth, a girl in Lozère can expect 84.2 years and a boy 81.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.90/m² a month, near Lozère’s towns (€9.88/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.79/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,326/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, near Lozère’s towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Ages in Peyre en Aubrac split evenly at 51.2: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Peyre en Aubrac | Lozère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Peyre en Aubrac; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Peyre en Aubrac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Cité antique: Photo: Sanguinez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Peyre en Aubrac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyre en Aubrac | 2,296 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | 3,955 | 6.9 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Marvejols | 4,764 | 10 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Mende | 12,464 | 16 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peyre en Aubrac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 2.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Peyre en Aubrac grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Peyre en Aubrac is a commune of 2,296 people in the Communauté de communes des Hautes Terres de l'Aubrac. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.