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A town of 1,379 in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−) — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,194/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. Cancon 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 Cancon 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.
Cancon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Cancon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cancon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Cancon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame de Milhac: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cancon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €7.98/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 57 homes in Cancon.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,205/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Cancon come to 103 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 327 residents of Cancon died, against 242 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% more. The nearest emergency department to Cancon is Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois, 11 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Cancon can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
15% are under 15, close to Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of the population. Ages in Cancon split evenly at 50.5: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cancon | Lot-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cancon; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
12.5% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (12.9%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.6% of commuters at the census. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Cancon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cancon yet.
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cancon is a commune of 1,379 people in the Communauté de communes des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancon | 1,379 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Bias | 2,977 | 9.5 | A | A− | A | B+ |
| Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot | 6,541 | 9.7 | B− | A | B+ | C− |
| Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 22,350 | 9.8 | B− | A− | C | C+ |
| Pujols | 3,769 | 11 | B+ | B | A | B− |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne | 3,081 | 14 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Eymet Dordogne | 2,569 | 14 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cancon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 600 jobs for 500 working residents, Cancon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cancon grades A for cost of living.
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.