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A town of 97 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Cras a good place to live?

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

What makes Cras stand out

The 2 things Cras does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Cras

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-Liversou, in Francoulès, 2.4 mi away.

49% 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 Cras.

Who lives here

Children make up only 10% of Cras, fewer than in Lot’s towns and compared French towns

For Cras, that is below both Lot’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 34% of the population.

55.8median age
CrasLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cras
CrasLot medianFrance median
Under 1510%11%17%
15–248.2%8.8%11%
25–4413%19%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+34%35%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP18%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education38%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Cras walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%

Cras sits below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 9.1%. Cras has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
Motorbike or scooter7%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Cras, 0.2 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
12%
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 Cras costs less than in Lot’s towns or 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.

That puts Cras below both Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cras€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)
€7.94/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 Cras

11pages on Cras

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Cras

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

How we find them →

Cras’ 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 →
CahorsPradinesGourdonPrayssacGramatCahorsPradinesGourdonPrayssacGramatCras
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cras97—————
Cahors20,0508.9C+BC−B−
Pradines3,6179B+B−A+C+
Gourdon4,20614B+A−CC+
Prayssac2,51918CB−CB+
Gramat3,51218B−B+B+B−

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

About Cras

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Cras is a commune of 97 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
97 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Causse de Labastide-Murat
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4 sq mi (10.3 km²)
INSEE code
46079

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.