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Population 1,579: a town in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie. Over-65s are 35% of the population.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €1,056/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Lavit 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 Lavit does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lavit 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.
Lavit has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lavit as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Lachapelle, 4.4 mi away.
14% 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 Lavit.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Tarn-et-Garonne live to 86.1 on average and men to 79.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 241 deaths in Lavit from 2016 to 2025; there were 399, 65% more. The nearest emergency department to Lavit is Ch Intercommunal Castelsarrasin Moissac site Moissac, 13.1 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Lavit has a median age of 55.2 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Lavit | Tarn-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 41% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Lavit recorded 34 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,056/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €21,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,815) and compared French towns (€25,970). 9.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Lavit. Graded property crimes ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 11 offenses here in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Lavit (650 to 450): it draws people in from around.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 43.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nothing in Lavit is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Lavit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavit | 1,579 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne | 3,824 | 6.3 | B | A | C+ | C+ |
| Valence | 5,289 | 11 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Castelsarrasin | 14,343 | 12 | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Moissac | 13,419 | 14 | C+ | B | C+ | B |
| Lectoure Gers | 3,670 | 14 | A | B+ | A+ | B |
| Fleurance Gers | 6,247 | 15 | C+ | A− | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lavit has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lavit grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Lavit is a commune of 1,579 people in the Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Tarn-et-Garonnaise. 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 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.