Cœur de Causse is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. Over-65s are 35% of the population.
What makes Cœur de Causse stand out
The 3 things Cœur de Causse does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cœur de Causse.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Cœur de Causse than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below Lot’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town. Half of Cœur de Causse is older than 56.8, half younger.
56.8median age
Cœur de CausseLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
History
Cœur de Causse keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Cœur de Causse counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen dit Pierre Levée de Nougayrac. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer people in Cœur de Causse are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.2%
For its 350 residents in work, Cœur de Causse has 400 jobs: 1.1 each. At the census, 12.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,450 a year.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot12%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Cœur de Causse, 1.1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Homes in Cœur de Causse sell for a median €1,480/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.63/m² a month, near Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Cœur de Causse from July 2023 to June 2026: 48 houses and apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.94/m² a month.
€1,480/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cœur de Causse€1,480/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,480/m²
48
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.61 to €13.13/m² a month)
€7.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Cœur de Causse
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Cœur de Causse is a commune of 886 people in the Communauté de communes du Causse de Labastide-Murat. 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
886 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Causse de Labastide-Murat
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.
