Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 134 residents, it is a town in Lot, Occitanie.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Mechmont out for now. Second homes make up nearly a third of its housing.
The one thing Mechmont does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mechmont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-Liversou, in Francoulès, 2.3 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mechmont.
16% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town, below Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 27% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Mechmont | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
10.0% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Lot’s towns (12.8%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,470 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Mechmont didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 5 homes in Mechmont.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mechmont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mechmont yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Mechmont is a commune of 134 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors. 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 November 4, 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.