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Some 313 people live in this town, in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Creysse a good place to live?

Creysse has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Nearly a third of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.

What makes Creysse stand out

The 2 things Creysse does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Cécile Didier · Public domain
Creysse’s story

Creysse in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Creysse counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1949.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1996First protected: Moulin de Cacrey
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château-Vieux and 9 more in and around Creysse

Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Creysse. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Creysse.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Creysse than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 9.2% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, about level with Lot’s towns (35%) and above compared French towns (22%). 5.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Graduates make up 31% of adults.

58.6median age
CreysseLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Creysse
CreysseLot medianFrance median
Under 159.2%11%17%
15–245.6%8.8%11%
25–4414%19%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+37%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP24%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

History

Creysse keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 35% built before 1919

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

On the Culture ministry’s list, Creysse counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
10th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Creysse walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

50 jobs are based in Creysse, for 100 working residents (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 12.7%, near Lot’s towns (12.8%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,140 a year.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Creysse, 0.5 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

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

The nearest general lycée is 5.7 mi away. For collège, the closest is 3 mi away.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Creysse95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des Sept ToursNearest collègeCollègeCollège4095%+6 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
3 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 Creysse costs less than in Lot’s towns and across 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.

Creysse recorded 12 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Creysse€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)
€9.86/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 Creysse

13pages on Creysse

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Creysse

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Creysse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Creysse’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 →
SouillacGramatSaint-CéréGourdonCosnacSouillacGramatSaint-CéréGourdonCosnacCreysse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Creysse313—————
Souillac3,1926.1B+ADC+
Gramat3,51210B−B+B+B−
Saint-Céré3,42915A−B+A−B
Gourdon4,20615B+A−CC+
Cosnac Corrèze3,04417—B+—B+

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

About Creysse

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Creysse is a commune of 313 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
313 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.5 km²)
INSEE code
46084

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.