With fewer than 1,000 residents, Frayssinet-le-Gélat falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 26% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 43% of residents.
What makes Frayssinet-le-Gélat stand out
The 2 things Frayssinet-le-Gélat does most differently from other towns.
Site archéologique des grottes de Combe Nègre: Photo: Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Frayssinet-le-Gélat.
Who lives here
Few people in Frayssinet-le-Gélat are 15 to 24: 4%, fewer than in Lot’s towns and compared French towns
61median age
People 65 and over make up 43% of the town, above both Lot’s towns (35%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are just over a tenth of the town. Ages in Frayssinet-le-Gélat split evenly at 61: half are older, half younger.
Frayssinet-le-GélatLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Frayssinet-le-Gélat keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Frayssinet-le-Gélat; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Frayssinet-le-Gélat than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
13.4% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €23,660 a year per consumption unit, near Lot’s towns (€24,345) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Frayssinet-le-Gélat counts 0.6 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Frayssinet-le-Gélat, 0.6 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Frayssinet-le-Gélat is a commune of 376 people in the Communauté de communes Cazals-Salviac. 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
376 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cazals-Salviac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
9 sq mi (23.2 km²)
INSEE code
46114
Frayssinet-le-Gélat’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
