Martel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,844/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Martel 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 Martel.
Schools
Schools around Martel do better than those of 96% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Martel, 95.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above both Lot’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 7 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Martel has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24
12% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, near Lot’s towns (35%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Martel by age and the one in the middle is 56.8.
56.8median age
MartelLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Martel loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 79 per 100 expected, below Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lot, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 343 residents of Martel died, against 329 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Martel is Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite, 14.5 mi away.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Martel · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite
16.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Martel than in Lot or compared French towns: 61 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Martel is Ancienne église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Gluges. The town has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 6 of the 10, make up the bulk. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 30% of the total, higher than both Lot’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
In Martel, 10.4% of commuters go on foot, by bike or by public transport, against 18.9% in Lot’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns
Per resident in work, Martel counts 1.5 jobs (900 jobs, 600 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €26,070 a year per consumption unit, above Lot’s towns (€24,345) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 11.1%.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot9%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
900
jobs based in Martel, 1.5 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Martel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people averaged 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 2.4.
2.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Fraud13
Theft without violence6
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.
2.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
2.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Nearby attractions
Reptiland and 5 more in and around Martel
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Martel. Best known first.
Église Saint-Maur: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôtel de La Raymondie: Photo: FrenchAvatar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien hôtel Fabri: Photo: FrenchAvatar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Maradénou ou Malodène: Photo: VKaeru · CC0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Martel
Is Martel safe?
Martel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Martel good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Martel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,844/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Martel grades A− for cost of living.
About Martel
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Martel is a commune of 1,637 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. 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
1,637 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
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.
