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A town of 1,468 in Lot, Occitanie.
Bretenoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,618/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bretenoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bretenoux 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bretenoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du château de Castelnau-de-Bretenoux, in Prudhomat, 1.2 mi away.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bretenoux.
Children are 9.7% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.1% of residents, about level with Lot’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bretenoux | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.7% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 10.0%, lower than Lot’s towns (12.8%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 12.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Bretenoux counts 1.2 jobs (650 jobs, 550 workers).
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.
Behind the median of €1,618/m²: 52 houses and apartments sold in Bretenoux between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,618/m² | 52 |
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.
There are 2 general practitioners in Bretenoux. Life expectancy in Lot: 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 252 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 271: 7% below.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège d'OrlindeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 92%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bretenoux. Best known first.
Nothing in Bretenoux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Bretenoux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretenoux | 1,468 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Céré | 3,429 | 4.7 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Gramat | 3,512 | 11 | B− | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze | 2,881 | 14 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Souillac | 3,192 | 18 | B+ | A | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bretenoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,618/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bretenoux grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Bretenoux is a commune of 1,468 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. 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) · 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 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.