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Some 185 people live in this town, in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Cénevières a good place to live?

Cénevières is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 42% of homes. Over-65s are nearly two fifths of the population.

What makes Cénevières stand out

The 2 things Cénevières does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Classé · Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cénevières’ story

Cénevières in pictures

Cénevières 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 prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1957.

45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1959First protected: Dolmen du Mas de Labat
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cénevières.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Cénevières: 39% are 65 or over, above Lot’s towns and compared French towns

38% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 4.9% of the town, below Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 8.6% of the people here.

61.4median age
CénevièresLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 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.

Ages and diplomas in Cénevières
CénevièresLot medianFrance median
Under 158.6%11%17%
15–244.9%8.8%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+39%35%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP22%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education38%26%30%

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

History

Cénevières keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 45% built before 1919

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Cénevières 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
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1957
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Cénevières walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4%

Of those in the labour force, 8.3% are unemployed. Jobs located in Cénevières: 50, for 50 residents in work (0.6 each). Half of residents lived on more than €24,110 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Cénevières, 0.6 per working resident
8.3%
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
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Cénevières costs less than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.77/m² a month

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

Cénevières recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cénevières€8.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.53/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

Nearby attractions

Château de Cénevières and 2 more in and around Cénevières

Heritage in and near Cénevières. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cénevières

12pages on Cénevières

Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Dolmen du Mas de Labat: Photo: Weirwolf · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Cénevières

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

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Cénevières’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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CahorsVillefranche-de-RouerguePradinesCahorsVillefranche-de-RouerguePradinesCénevières
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cénevières185—————
Cahors20,05015C+BC−B−
Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron11,27116B+A−CB
Pradines3,61716B+B−A+C+

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

About Cénevières

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Cénevières is a commune of 185 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. 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
185 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.9 km²)
INSEE code
46068

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.