Cahors grades C+ overall: better than 45% of compared French towns, and #6 of 8 in Lot. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 10.6 recorded violent incidents and 21.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,587/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors. Its strongest is walkability (A): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cahors 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cahors.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1972, and 45 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 26 of 45. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1972. Per 10,000 residents, Cahors counts 22 protected monuments. Among the classé monuments locally is Arc de Diane et ses abords.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Cahors are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.1%
Cahors holds 14,900 jobs; 7,250 of its residents are in work, so 2.1 jobs each. The median disposable income was €24,110 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.7% of working residents in Cahors went to work by public transport.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
On foot18%
Public transport8%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
14,900
jobs based in Cahors, 2.1 per working resident
17.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cahors sees more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Cahors was criminal damage (2025). 726 offenses were reported in Cahors during 2025. On the Safety Grade, Cahors ranks 6th of the 8 compared towns in Lot.
10.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage308
Other physical violence101
Theft from vehicles100
Family violence77
Burglary60
Sexual violence52
Vehicle theft28
Theft without violence227
Drug use146
Fraud117
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.
10.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
726
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 11% of people in Cahors are 15 to 24, more than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents. 13% are under 15, above Lot’s towns (11%) but below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
49.5median age
CahorsLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Cahors earns a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,587/m²: 915 houses and apartments sold in Cahors between July 2023 and June 2026. The split here: €1,714/m² for houses, €1,514/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €11.72/m² a month, above Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,587/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cahors€1,587/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,714/m²
463
Apartments
€1,514/m²
452
€11.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.91 to €15.42/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,150
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Fewer deaths than expected: Cahors is below 52% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
24 GPs practise in Cahors. Its four care homes for older people (303 places) count their residents as Cahors’; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,743 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,648, 3% fewer. Women in Lot live to 85.1 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
24
GPs in Cahors · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
0.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Jean XXII: Unknown century 14th, Public domain · Léon Gambetta: Étienne Carjat, Public domain · Laurent Roux: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fabien Galthié: stede64, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Julien Denormandie: Jacques Paquier, CC BY 2.0 · Jules Combarieu: ND Phot, Public domain
Cahors’ 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 Cahors
Is Cahors safe?
It grades C− for safety, #6 of 8 in Lot. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 308 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cahors good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #3 of 8 in Lot. The lycée stands out: 100% of 69 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Étienne in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cahors expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,587/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cahors grades B for cost of living.
About Cahors
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Cahors is a commune of 20,050 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
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.
