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LabessettePuy-de-Dôme

A town of 58 in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.87

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

35%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Labessette a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Labessette is too small for the grades other French towns get. 66% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: two in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Labessette stand out

The 2 things Labessette does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

40% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 54. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Notre-Dame · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Labessette’s story

Labessette in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Labessette: 1 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 1905.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1905First protected: Croix en lave du 15e siècle sur la place publique
1926Most recently protected: Église Notre-Dame

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labessette.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Labessette than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults

13% are under 15, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are two fifths of the population. Aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of residents.

54median age

LabessettePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Puy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

40%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%

CAP or BEP38%

Baccalauréat17%

Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Labessette
	Labessette	Puy-de-Dôme median	France median
Under 15	13%	16%	17%
15–24	7.7%	9.7%	11%
25–44	13%	22%	23%
45–64	25%	26%	26%
65+	40%	25%	22%
No diploma	19%	16%	19%
CAP or BEP	38%	26%	26%
Baccalauréat	17%	18%	18%
Higher education	17%	32%	30%

Full pageLabessette’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages54 median age · 40% are 65 or over Households30 households · 2 people per household Born abroad0% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Labessette?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Labessette: 40% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Labessette is Croix en lave du 15e siècle sur la place publique. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Croix en lave du 15e siècle sur la place publique 15th c.

12th c.

oldest protected part

1905

first monument protected

Full pageLabessette’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes40% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Labessette?”

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

Work & commute

Labessette gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 35.3% of commuters

Public transport took 5.9% of Labessette’s working residents to work at the census. The jobless rate is 10.5%.

35%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving65%

On foot29%

Public transport6%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Labessette, 0.7 per working resident

10.5%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work35% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.7 per working resident

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Labessette than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.87/m² a month

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

7 houses and apartments changed hands in Labessette from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Labessette€8.87/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Puy-de-Dôme median€11.00/m²

€8.87/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.95/m² a month)

€6.86/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageLabessette’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€8.87/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 Labessette

12pages on Labessette

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 11.4 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing7 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors70% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 54 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Labessette: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →

Croix en lave du 15e siècle sur la place publiqueCross · 15th c.

Église Notre-DameChurch · 12th c.

Photo credits

Croix en lave du 15e siècle sur la place publique: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Labessette

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

How we find them →

Labessette’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 Puy-de-Dôme →

UsselLabessette

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Labessette	58	—	—	—	—	—
Ussel Corrèze	9,187	12	B⁺	A⁻	C⁺	B⁻

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

About Labessette

Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Labessette is a commune of 58 people in the Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense. 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: 58 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense
Département: Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 4 sq mi (10.5 km²)
INSEE code: 63183

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.