Lacaune has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lacaune 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacaune.
HealthHealth C−
Lacaune is 19.5 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Lacaune’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 426 residents of Lacaune died, against 347 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Lacaune · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Emile Borel Saint Affrique
19.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Emile Borel Saint Affrique
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Homes in Lacaune cost less than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €998/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Lacaune below both Tarn’s towns (€1,812/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Haut-Languedoc.
€998/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lacaune€998/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,012/m²
82
€9.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.34 to €12.73/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Haut-Languedoc
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lacaune records less crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 27 offenses in the graded categories in Lacaune in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.6 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 18.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence6
Sexual violence5
Vehicle theft0
Theft without violence12
Fraud9
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Lacaune has lower unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9%
For Lacaune, that is below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lacaune has 1,600 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 1.6 per worker.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot13%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Lacaune, 1.6 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Lacaune is rich in protected monuments: 20 per 10,000 residents, more than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Lacaune sits above both Tarn’s towns (3.8) and compared French towns (2.5) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Lacaune: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lacaune is Menhir dit Peyro-Lebado.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lacaune expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lacaune grades A− for cost of living.
About Lacaune
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Lacaune is a commune of 2,464 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Languedoc. 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
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.
