Capdenac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 26% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,442/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Capdenac 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
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Capdenac’s story
Capdenac in pictures
Capdenac has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1911First protected: Croix en pierre datée de 1667
2003Most recently protected: Fontaine troglodytique dite Fontaine des Anglais
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Capdenac.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Only 4.6% of commuters in Capdenac go to work without a car, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 8.5%, below Lot’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The median disposable income is €27,160 a year per consumption unit. Capdenac holds 450 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
450
jobs based in Capdenac, 1 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Capdenac loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 74 per 100 expected, below Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Lot: 85.1 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Capdenac died, against 136 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Capdenac is Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy, 2.5 mi away.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Capdenac · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.66/m² a month, about level with Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €1,442/m²: 36 houses and apartments sold in Capdenac between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.19/m² a month.
€1,442/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Capdenac€1,442/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,500/m²
34
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.77 to €12.02/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Capdenac are 15 to 24: 7.2%, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, lower than Lot’s towns (35%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 11%. A third of adults hold a degree.
54.1median age
CapdenacLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
91.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Capdenac, 95.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Lot’s towns (95.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, near Lot’s towns (15%) and higher than compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Capdenac is Croix en pierre datée de 1667. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century.
Croix en pierre datée de 1667: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine troglodytique dite Fontaine des Anglais: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Capdenac
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Capdenac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Capdenac
Is Capdenac safe?
Capdenac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Capdenac good?
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. 97% of 64 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Capdenac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,442/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Capdenac grades A− for cost of living.
About Capdenac
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Capdenac is a commune of 1,049 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
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.
