School results are strong: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Health is its weak spot (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,214/m² takes 3.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy. Work and incomes lag: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lauzerte 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 Lauzerte 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.
Ancienne église Saint-Sernin-du-Bosc: Photo: Jacqueline Marvier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison appartenant à M. Abel Capis: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien couvent des Clarisses: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Barthélémy: Photo: Paternel 1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lauzerte.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Lauzerte than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 96.0%
96.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lauzerte than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.68/m² a month
€1,214/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,214/m², below both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€1,863/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 73 houses and apartments changed hands in Lauzerte from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lauzerte€1,214/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,237/m²
72
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.34 to €9.31/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Lauzerte are 65 or over, more than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
55.8median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 12% of the people here. The median resident of Lauzerte is 55.8 years old.
LauzerteTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Adjusted for age and care homes, Lauzerte sees more deaths than 86% of compared French towns
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Lauzerte records 104 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 287 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 400, 39% more. Life expectancy at birth in Tarn-et-Garonne is 86.1 years for women and 79.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Lauzerte is Ch Intercommunal Castelsarrasin Moissac site Moissac, 10.9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw139
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Lauzerte · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castelsarrasin Moissac site Moissac
19.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montauban
86.1 · 79.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Lauzerte than in Tarn-et-Garonne or compared French towns: 42 per 10,000 residents
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2021, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Lauzerte: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne église Saint-Sernin-du-Bosc. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century.
Lauzerte is a commune of 1,443 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy. 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
1,443 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.6 km²)
INSEE code
82094
Lauzerte’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lauzerte
Is Lauzerte safe?
Lauzerte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 500 working residents, Lauzerte draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Lauzerte good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lauzerte expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lauzerte grades A for cost of living.
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.
