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Population 298: a town in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Le Bourg a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Le Bourg out for now. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.

What makes Le Bourg stand out

The one thing Le Bourg does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Saturnin
Église Saint-Saturnin · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Bourg’s story

Le Bourg in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Bourg 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 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1979First protected: Château de la Rauze
  • 1986Most recently protected: Église Saint-Saturnin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bourg.

Who lives here

Le Bourg has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Lot’s towns (11%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.

46.7median age
Le BourgLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Bourg
Le BourgLot medianFrance median
Under 1516%11%17%
15–246.3%8.8%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+28%35%22%
No diploma17%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%24%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education29%26%30%

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

History

Le Bourg keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Le Bourg is Église Saint-Saturnin. On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Bourg counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 5.8% of commuters in Le Bourg go to work without a car, fewer than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €22,520 a year per consumption unit, below Lot’s towns (€24,345) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs located in Le Bourg: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.4 each). 8.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Le Bourg, 0.4 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,520
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

80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 11 points below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9 mi away. The closest collège is 2.5 mi off.

80.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Le Bourg80.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège5480%−11 pts
80.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −11 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Bourg than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.37/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Le Bourg recorded 16 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.61/m² a month.

€8.37/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Bourg€8.37/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.43 to €10.90/m² a month)
€7.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de la Rauze and 2 more in and around Le Bourg

Heritage in and near Le Bourg. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Le Bourg

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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Château de la Rauze: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Le Bourg

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Bourg yet.

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Le Bourg’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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FigeacGramatSaint-CéréCapdenac-GareFigeacGramatSaint-CéréCapdenac-GareLe Bourg
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Bourg298—————
Figeac9,7939C+B−DC+
Gramat3,51210B−B+B+B−
Saint-Céré3,42910A−B+A−B
Capdenac-Gare Aveyron4,44013AAC+B

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

About Le Bourg

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Le Bourg is a commune of 298 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
298 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.3 km²)
INSEE code
46034

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.