Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability — 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Vigan-en-Quercy 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 Le Vigan-en-Quercy 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Le Vigan-en-Quercy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1893.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1979First protected: Maison rurale et ses dépendances
Maison rurale et ses dépendances: Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Vigan-en-Quercy.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Le Vigan-en-Quercy is harder to get around on foot than 95% of compared French towns
2%walk, cycle or take transit
The census found 1.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 11.8% of the labour force are out of work. The median disposable income is €24,840 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Le Vigan-en-Quercy, 0.6 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Le Vigan-en-Quercy has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24
55.4median age
Under 15: 13% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, about level with Lot’s towns (35%) and above compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Le Vigan-en-Quercy is 55.4.
Le Vigan-en-QuercyLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%
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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Le Vigan-en-Quercy, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Lot’s towns and compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Le Vigan-en-Quercy has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Lot: 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 189 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 158, 16% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Le Vigan-en-Quercy · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Coulon Gourdon
20.6 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
2 historic monuments in Le Vigan-en-Quercy, 1 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, below Lot’s towns (15%) but above compared French towns (7.4%). The protected list starts in the 14th century.
Le Vigan-en-Quercy is a commune of 1,535 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
Population
1,535 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Quercy - Bouriane
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
13.2 sq mi (34.2 km²)
INSEE code
46334
Le Vigan-en-Quercy’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 Le Vigan-en-Quercy
Is Le Vigan-en-Quercy safe?
Le Vigan-en-Quercy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Vigan-en-Quercy expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,956/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Vigan-en-Quercy grades B+ 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.
