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A town in Lot, Occitanie, home to 195 people.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Brengues out for now. A third of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Brengues does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brengues; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brengues.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brengues; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
24% of residents are 65 or over, below Lot’s towns (35%) but above compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% of the town. The under-15s are 14% of the population here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Brengues | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
Brengues has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.7 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 13.2% of working residents in Brengues didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
The market in Brengues: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.18/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Brengues has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Restes du château des Anglais: Photo: P. Danilo Royet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brengues yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brengues | 195 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Figeac | 9,793 | 10 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Capdenac-Gare Aveyron | 4,440 | 12 | A | A | C+ | B |
| Gramat | 3,512 | 15 | B− | B+ | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Brengues is a commune of 195 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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
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 October 30, 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.