Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 121 residents in Lot, Occitanie.
Le Bouyssou is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 26% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up nearly two in five residents.
The 2 things Le Bouyssou does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Bouyssou counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1923.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bouyssou.
The 15-to-24 age group: 6.8%, below Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are 5.9% of the town. Those 65 and older account for 39% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Le Bouyssou | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 5.9% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Le Bouyssou is Église Sainte-Croix.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
No commute at all: 11.5% of working residents in Le Bouyssou at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 80%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Le Bouyssou: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Le Bouyssou. Best known first.
Le Bouyssou has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Croix: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Bouyssou yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bouyssou | 121 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Figeac | 9,793 | 7.1 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
| Capdenac-Gare Aveyron | 4,440 | 11 | A | A | C+ | B |
| Saint-Céré | 3,429 | 12 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Gramat | 3,512 | 12 | B− | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Decazeville Aveyron | 5,020 | 18 | C | A | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Le Bouyssou is a commune of 121 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
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.