Homes are affordable (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is schools (D) — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Second homes make up 20% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Castelnau-Montratier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Castelnau-Montratier 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.
Église de Russac: Photo: Footballeuse33 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castelnau-Montratier.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Castelnau-Montratier than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.38/m² a month
€1,505/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,505/m², about level with Lot’s towns (€1,564/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Castelnau-Montratier recorded 61 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Castelnau-Montratier€1,505/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,505/m²
61
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €10.74/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Quercy Blanc
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Castelnau-Montratier has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
55.7median age
Degrees are held by 25% of adults, near Lot’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Those 65 and older account for just over a third of residents.
Castelnau-MontratierLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Only 6.1% of commuters in Castelnau-Montratier go to work without a car, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €23,260 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 10.9%. No commute at all: a tenth of working residents in Castelnau-Montratier at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
500
jobs based in Castelnau-Montratier, 0.7 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Castelnau-Montratier sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Lot’s towns and compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
349 deaths in Castelnau-Montratier between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 299: 17% above. The nearest emergency department to Castelnau-Montratier is Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors, 12.9 mi away. Average lifespans in Lot: 85.1 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Castelnau-Montratier · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
12.9 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
More protected monuments for its size in Castelnau-Montratier than in Lot or compared French towns: 43 per 10,000 residents
8historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Castelnau-Montratier is Motte castrale dite Truque de Maurélis. The town has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity. Homes from before 1919 make up 30% of the total, above Lot’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Castelnau-Montratier is a commune of 1,840 people in the Communauté de communes du Quercy Blanc. 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
1,840 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Quercy Blanc
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
32.9 sq mi (85.3 km²)
INSEE code
46063
Castelnau-Montratier’s 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 Castelnau-Montratier
Is Castelnau-Montratier safe?
Castelnau-Montratier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Castelnau-Montratier good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Castelnau-Montratier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Castelnau-Montratier grades A for cost of living.
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.
