Figeac grades C+ overall: better than 39% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15.3 recorded violent incidents and 19.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,797/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Figeac with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Figeac.
History
Figeac is rich in protected monuments: 28 per 10,000 residents, more than Lot’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Figeac above both Lot’s towns (18) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1986. The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in Figeac: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 19 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Figeac records more crime per resident than 90% of compared French towns
Figeac ranks last of the 8 compared towns in Lot on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 411 offenses in the graded categories in Figeac in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here.
15.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage106
Other physical violence97
Burglary64
Family violence56
Sexual violence36
Theft from vehicles33
Vehicle theft19
Theft without violence104
Fraud66
Drug use55
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
15.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
411
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Figeac gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 22.7% of commuters
On this, Figeac is above both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Figeac has 8,750 jobs for 3,700 working residents, 2.4 per worker.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot15%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,750
jobs based in Figeac, 2.4 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Figeac skews young, with 13% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Lot’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Figeac comes above both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town.
48.2median age
FigeacLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
HealthHealth C+
Figeac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,475 residents of Figeac died, against 1,413 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its five care homes for older people (207 places) count their residents as Figeac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
14
GPs in Figeac · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy
18.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église Notre-Dame-du-Puy: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Dr Brains · Public domain · Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié: Photo: Daniel Villafruela . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Deux obélisques ou aiguilles: Photo: Thierry46 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jean-François Champollion: Léon Cogniet, Public domain · Charles Boyer: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain · Jacques-Joseph Champollion: Victorine-Angélique-Amélie Rumilly, Public domain · Louis Malvy: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain · Clémence Grimal: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY 3.0 · Joël Bouzou: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0
Figeac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Figeac
Is Figeac safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 64 burglaries and 106 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Figeac good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #5 of 8 in Lot. 96% of 201 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Champollion in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Figeac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,797/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €1,860/m² (243 sales), apartments €1,730/m² (151 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Figeac grades B− for cost of living.
About Figeac
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Figeac is a commune of 9,793 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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
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.
