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FerrensacLot-et-Garonne

Some 205 people live in this town, in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Ferrensac a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Ferrensac is too small for the grades other French towns get. 17% of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.

What makes Ferrensac stand out

The 2 things Ferrensac does most differently from other towns.

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Ferrensac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ferrensac’s story

No historic monuments in Ferrensac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ferrensac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Montaut, 3.4 mi away.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ferrensac.

Who lives here

Ferrensac has fewer young adults than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4% are 15 to 24

27% of adults hold a degree, higher than Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (23%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Ages in Ferrensac split evenly at 52.6: half are older, half younger.

52.6median age
FerrensacLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 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.

Ages and diplomas in Ferrensac
FerrensacLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–247.4%9.3%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+30%29%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP26%28%26%
Baccalauréat25%19%18%
Higher education27%23%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Ferrensac has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

12.8% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €25,450 a year per consumption unit, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,455) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.1% of working residents in Ferrensac at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Ferrensac, 0.4 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

General-bac pupils go 16.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ferrensac90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean BoucheronNearest collègeCollègeCollège4090%−1 pt
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ferrensac than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.94/m² a month

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

The market in Ferrensac: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.98/m² a month.

€8.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ferrensac€8.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€9.77/m²
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €10.96/m² a month)
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Lamothe and 6 more in and around Ferrensac

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ferrensac. Best known first.

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ferrensac

13pages on Ferrensac

Landmarks

Nothing in Ferrensac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ferrensac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ferrensac yet.

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Ferrensac’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 Lot-et-Garonne →
EymetMiramont-de-GuyenneLalindeBergeracBiasVilleneuve-sur-LotEymetMiramont-de-GuyenneLalindeBergeracBiasVilleneuve-sur-LotFerrensac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ferrensac205—————
Eymet Dordogne2,56912A−B+A−B
Miramont-de-Guyenne3,08114C+B+C+C+
Lalinde Dordogne2,93114A−B−A−C+
Bergerac Dordogne27,11016CBDB
Bias2,97717AA−AB+
Villeneuve-sur-Lot22,35017B−A−CC+

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

About Ferrensac

Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ferrensac is a commune of 205 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

Population
205 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord
Département
Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
47096

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 9, 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.