Cost of living is its strong suit (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well (B+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lacapelle-Marival has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lacapelle-Marival 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.1% of Lacapelle-Marival, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
57.8median age
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Lot’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Two in five residents have reached 65. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9% of residents.
Lacapelle-MarivalLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Lacapelle-Marival costs less than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.06/m² a month
€1,304/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,304/m², below both Lot’s towns (€1,564/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Lacapelle-Marival recorded 49 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lacapelle-Marival€1,304/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,304/m²
49
€9.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.97 to €11.76/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Lacapelle-Marival run higher than in 81% of compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lacapelle-Marival is Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy, 9.5 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Lacapelle-Marival come to 101 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 501 residents of Lacapelle-Marival died, against 320 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 57% more. At birth, a girl in Lot can expect 85.1 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw157
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Lacapelle-Marival · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy
27.3 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
Unemployment in Lacapelle-Marival, 7.3%, runs below Lot’s towns and compared French towns
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,300 a year. At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Lacapelle-Marival didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot10%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
800
jobs based in Lacapelle-Marival, 1.7 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Lacapelle-Marival is a commune of 1,268 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
Population
1,268 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
46143
Lacapelle-Marival’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 Lacapelle-Marival
Is Lacapelle-Marival safe?
Lacapelle-Marival has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 450 working residents, Lacapelle-Marival draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Lacapelle-Marival good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lacapelle-Marival expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lacapelle-Marival grades A for cost of living.
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.