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It is a town of 709 residents in Aveyron, Occitanie.
There are no grades for Saint-Amans-des-Cots: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Just over a third of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 40% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Amans-des-Cots does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Amans-des-Cots as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont sur la Truyère, in Entraygues-sur-Truyère, 6 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Amans-des-Cots is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Amans-des-Cots.
The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.4% of residents, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Saint-Amans-des-Cots is 56.1 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Amans-des-Cots | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,300 a year per consumption unit, near Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Saint-Amans-des-Cots has 350 jobs for 250 working residents, 1.3 per worker. No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.39/m² a month. The market in Saint-Amans-des-Cots: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
3 notable people were born in Saint-Amans-des-Cots.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Saint-Amans-des-Cots is a commune of 709 people in the Communauté de communes Aubrac Carladez Viadène. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amans-des-Cots | 709 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Espalion | 4,605 | 12 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
| Bozouls | 3,001 | 15 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère Cantal | 6,361 | 18 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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.