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A town of 220 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Cabrerets a good place to live?

Cabrerets is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cabrerets stand out

The 2 things Cabrerets does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Classé · Photo: Pascal TROPEE · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cabrerets’ story

Cabrerets in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Cabrerets counts 6 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1951.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Georges Verdou, born in 1888, is the one person born in Cabrerets before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1951First protected: Grotte de Pech-Merle
  • 2024Most recently protected: Château du Diable
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Nearby attractions

Grotte du Pech Merle and 7 more in and around Cabrerets

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Cabrerets. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cabrerets.

Who lives here

Cabrerets has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 33% of the town. Children under 15 make up 12%, close to Lot’s towns (11%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 38% of adults.

57.5median age
CabreretsLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cabrerets
CabreretsLot medianFrance median
Under 1512%11%17%
15–245.5%8.8%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+33%35%22%
No diploma13%21%19%
CAP or BEP27%24%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education38%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Cabrerets: 41% were built before 1919, more than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Cabrerets is Grotte de Pech-Merle. On the Culture ministry’s list, Cabrerets counts 6 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. 4 of the 6 are houses and mansions.

6historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1951
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Cabrerets run lower than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €21,520 a year per consumption unit

50 jobs are based in Cabrerets, for 100 working residents (0.7 per worker). At the census, 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 13.0%, close to Lot’s towns (12.8%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Cabrerets, 0.7 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
20%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cabrerets than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.54/m² a month

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

7 houses and apartments changed hands in Cabrerets from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.54/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cabrerets€9.54/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.25 to €12.55/m² a month)
€7.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cabrerets

12pages on Cabrerets

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Cabrerets counts 6 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Grotte de Pech-Merle: Photo: scaned by User:JYB Devot from vintage postcard · CC0 · Dolmen du Mas d'Arjac: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Cabrerets

2 notable people were born in Cabrerets.

Their page →

Cabrerets’ 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 →
CahorsPradinesCahorsPradinesCabrerets
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cabrerets220—————
Cahors20,05010C+BC−B−
Pradines3,61711B+B−A+C+

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

About Cabrerets

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Cabrerets is a commune of 220 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors. 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
220 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
17 sq mi (44 km²)
INSEE code
46040

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.