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A town of 1,673 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Lautrec a good place to live?

Lautrec has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,586/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Lautrec stand out

The 2 things Lautrec does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Lautrec grades

Each subject compares Lautrec 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.

How grading works

SchoolsA+Open →Cost of livingA−Open →WalkabilityCOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsCOpen →Jobs & income8.4% unemploymentBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Rémy
Église Saint-Rémy · Classé · Photo: BLUMJ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lautrec’s story

Lautrec in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lautrec: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1942.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2009.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1942First protected: Ancienne croix du cimetière de Graissac
  • 1999Most recently protected: Église Saint-Rémy
  • 2009The protected historic area is created
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lautrec.

Schools

More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Lautrec than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 99.0%

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Lautrec above both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

99.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lautrec99.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les PortanellesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6899%+5 pts
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
0.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living A−

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lautrec than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month

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

On this, Lautrec is below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,586/m², comes from 32 sales of houses and apartments in Lautrec from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,586/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Lautrec€1,586/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,586/m²32
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €12.10/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Lautrec has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Lautrec comes below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents.

52median age
LautrecTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lautrec
LautrecTarn medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–247.7%9.2%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+30%27%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP24%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education31%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commuteJobs & income B

Lautrec has lower unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4%

For Lautrec, that is below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lautrec has 650 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 6.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
650
jobs based in Lautrec, 0.9 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth C

Fewer deaths than expected in Lautrec, 94 per 100, but more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Lautrec sits above both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 329 residents of Lautrec died, against 265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw124
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Lautrec · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Sidobre
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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

History

Lautrec keeps more of its old housing than Tarn or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

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

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2009. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lautrec: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lautrec is Église Saint-Rémy.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

14th c.
oldest protected part
1942
first monument protected
2009
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
41%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Brametourte and 7 more in and around Lautrec

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Lautrec. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lautrec

15pages on Lautrec

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lautrec: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Malvignol: Photo: Hernandlucas · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lautrec

One notable person was born in Lautrec.

Their page →

Lautrec’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 Tarn →
RéalmontGraulhetSaïxCastresSoualPuylaurensRéalmontGraulhetSaïxCastresSoualPuylaurensLautrec
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lautrec1,673——A−—C
Réalmont3,5615.9AA−A+B+
Graulhet13,1298.2BA−C−B+
Saïx3,7488.5AA−A−A−
Castres42,5058.6B−BC−B+
Soual2,63710AB+B−A+
Puylaurens3,25711—A—C+

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

Questions about Lautrec

Is Lautrec safe?

Lautrec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Lautrec good?

They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Lautrec expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,586/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lautrec grades A− for cost of living.

About Lautrec

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Lautrec is a commune of 1,673 people in the Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. 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
1,673 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
21.1 sq mi (54.7 km²)
INSEE code
81139

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 October 30, 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.