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A town of 366 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Cornac a good place to live?

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

What makes Cornac stand out

The 2 things Cornac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Cornac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cornac’s story

No historic monuments in Cornac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cornac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église du château de Castelnau-de-Bretenoux, in Prudhomat, 2.9 mi away.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cornac.

Who lives here

An older town: 29% of residents are 65 or over

8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 and 29% are 65 or over, against 8.8% and 35% in the median compared commune of Lot. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Lot 26%, France 30%).

50median age
CornacLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cornac
CornacLot medianFrance median
Under 1515%11%17%
15–248.2%8.8%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+29%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Cornac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9%

Cornac sits below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 8.8%. Cornac has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Cornac, 0.3 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

That puts Cornac close to Lot’s towns (90.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cornac92.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège d'OrlindeNearest collègeCollègeCollège6692%−1 pt
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.4 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 Cornac costs less than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.32/m² a month

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

On this, Cornac is below both Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.32/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cornac€9.32/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.47 to €11.64/m² a month)
€7.72/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 Castelnau-Bretenoux and 7 more in and around Cornac

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cornac. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cornac

13pages on Cornac

Landmarks

Nothing in Cornac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cornac

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

How we find them →

Cornac’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 →
Saint-CéréGramatArgentat-sur-DordogneSaint-CéréGramatArgentat-sur-DordogneCornac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cornac366—————
Saint-Céré3,4293.5A−B+A−B
Gramat3,51212B−B+B+B−
Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze2,88113A+AAC

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

About Cornac

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Cornac is a commune of 366 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
366 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.6 km²)
INSEE code
46076

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.