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A town of 432 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Cavagnac a good place to live?

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

What makes Cavagnac stand out

The 2 things Cavagnac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Site castral
Site castral · Inscrit · Photo: Philippe Viguié Desplaces · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cavagnac’s story

Cavagnac in pictures

Cavagnac has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 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 1976.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2013First protected: Site castral
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Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Palavy and 10 more in and around Cavagnac

Heritage and museums in and near Cavagnac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cavagnac.

Who lives here

Few people in Cavagnac are 15 to 24: 6.4%, fewer than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

30% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Lot’s towns (35%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 34% of adults. The median resident of Cavagnac is 52.9 years old.

52.9median age
CavagnacLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cavagnac
CavagnacLot medianFrance median
Under 1515%11%17%
15–246.4%8.8%11%
25–4420%19%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+30%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP24%24%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education34%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Cavagnac: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

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

Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Cavagnac has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
10th c.
oldest protected part
1976
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Cavagnac than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 5.3%

Households’ median disposable income: €23,890 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Cavagnac number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Lot’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Cavagnac, 0.4 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.6 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cavagnac89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Léon DautrementNearest collègeCollègeCollège4589%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cavagnac costs less than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.08/m² a month

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

15 houses and apartments changed hands in Cavagnac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cavagnac€8.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.27 to €10.41/m² a month)
€8.05/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 Cavagnac

13pages on Cavagnac

Landmarks

The list names few of Cavagnac’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Site castral: Photo: Philippe Viguié Desplaces · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Cavagnac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cavagnac yet.

How we find them →

Cavagnac’s 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 →
CosnacMalemortBrive-la-GaillardeSouillacSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheUssacCosnacMalemortBrive-la-GaillardeSouillacSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheUssacCavagnac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cavagnac432—————
Cosnac Corrèze3,0449—B+—B+
Malemort Corrèze8,23911A−BA−A
Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze47,09511C+BCB
Souillac3,19212B+ADC+
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze5,09113A−B−AB+
Ussac Corrèze4,32214A−B−A+B+

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

About Cavagnac

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Cavagnac is a commune of 432 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

Population
432 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4 sq mi (10.3 km²)
INSEE code
46065

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.