Gourdon grades B+ overall: better than 66% of compared French towns, and #4 of 8 in Lot. Its weakest subject is safety (C): an average of 8.7 recorded violent incidents and 17.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Gourdon 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 Gourdon.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Gourdon: 40% are 65 or over, above Lot’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% of the town, below Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 9.8% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 25% of adults.
59.4median age
GourdonLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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
History
7 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2020
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 9th century. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2020. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 4 of 7. Among the classé monuments in Gourdon is Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Gourdon costs less than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,498/m², comes from 194 sales of houses and apartments in Gourdon from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Gourdon goes for €1,552/m², an apartment for €1,316/m². Of the homes sold, 77% were houses.
€1,498/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gourdon€1,498/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,552/m²
149
Apartments
€1,316/m²
45
€9.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.35 to €12.39/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Quercy - Bouriane
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Gourdon sees more crime than 68% of compared French towns
2025 saw 126 offenses recorded in Gourdon. Jobs outnumber working residents in Gourdon (2,700 to 1,350): it draws people in from around. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Other physical violence29
Burglary19
Sexual violence13
Family violence10
Theft from vehicles7
Fraud33
Theft without violence24
Drug use14
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
126
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
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 · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Gourdon has higher unemployment than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 14.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,040 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.6% of working residents in Gourdon didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 17.3% of commuters travelled at the census.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,700
jobs based in Gourdon, 2 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Gourdon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 866 deaths in Gourdon from 2016 to 2025; there were 973, 12% more. Its four care homes for older people (188 places) count their residents as Gourdon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Gourdon can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Lot is 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Gourdon · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Coulon Gourdon
20.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gourdon
Is Gourdon safe?
It grades C for safety, #4 of 8 in Lot. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gourdon good?
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #2 of 8 in Lot. 95% of 58 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léo Ferré in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gourdon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,498/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gourdon grades A− for cost of living.
About Gourdon
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Gourdon is a commune of 4,206 people in the Communauté de communes Quercy - Bouriane. 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.
