More weak spots than strong ones. Its weakest subject is safety — an average of 17.9 recorded violent incidents and 17.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a C− overall, Clairac is better than 16% of compared French towns. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 14.0% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Clairac 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 Clairac.
History
Clairac keeps more of its old housing than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Clairac counts 8 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Château de Roche. Per 10,000 residents, Clairac counts 31 protected monuments, higher than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (6.4) and compared French towns (2.5). The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Clairac records more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Clairac ranks 20th of the 22 compared towns in Lot-et-Garonne. 2025 saw 108 offenses recorded locally. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
17.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage31
Other physical violence26
Family violence24
Sexual violence20
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence26
Fraud18
Drug use8
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.
17.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
108
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Clairac costs less than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,145/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.76/m² a month, about level with Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.48/m² a month.
€1,145/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Clairac€1,145/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,181/m²
89
€9.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.77 to €12.26/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Clairac is above 75% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Lot-et-Garonne is 85.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Clairac come to 98 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 390 residents of Clairac died, against 333 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Clairac is Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins, 14.4 mi away.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Clairac · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins
14.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins
85.3 · 80.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (9.3%) and near compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Half the people of Clairac are older than 46.7.
46.7median age
ClairacLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Clairac, 14.0%, runs above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €23,150 a year per consumption unit, near Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,455) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 3.6% of Clairac’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Clairac, 0.8 per working resident
14.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Château de Roche: Photo: CHRISTIAN AIRIAU · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine municipale dite Font'Grand: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Clairac
Is Clairac safe?
It grades D for safety, #20 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
Is Clairac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Clairac grades A− for cost of living.
About Clairac
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Clairac is a commune of 2,606 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération. 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
2,606 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération
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.
