Damazan’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (B+): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side (C): 2.3 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Damazan 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 Damazan 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.
Maison à colombages: Photo: Jacques MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Damazan.
HealthHealth C−
Damazan has a higher adjusted death rate than 82% of compared French towns
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Damazan is Ch Agen Nerac Antenne Smur de Nerac, 11 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Damazan come to 102 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 208 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 259, 24% more. Also worth knowing: women in Lot-et-Garonne live to 85.3 on average and men to 80.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Damazan · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Agen Nerac Antenne Smur de Nerac
15.7 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
Buying in Damazan costs less than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,110/m²
€1,110/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.95/m² a month, close to Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.73/m² a month. Damazan recorded 54 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Damazan€1,110/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€843/m²
43
€9.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.00 to €12.37/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Damazan than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,090 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment is 12.4%. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Damazan went to work by public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Damazan, 2.3 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Damazan than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
44.5median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. Damazan has a median age of 44.5 years.
DamazanLot-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 diploma35%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
History
Damazan keeps more of its old housing than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Damazan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Damazan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Of the graded crimes in Damazan, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 13 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.4. With 1,250 jobs for 550 working residents, Damazan draws people in from neighbouring communes.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence7
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.3%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 41.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Damazan is a commune of 1,358 people in the Communauté de communes du Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas. 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
1,358 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas
Département
Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
INSEE code
47078
Damazan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Damazan
Is Damazan safe?
Damazan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Is Damazan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Damazan grades A− for cost of living.
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.
