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A town of 382 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Parnac a good place to live?

Parnac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Parnac stand out

The 2 things Parnac does most differently from other towns.

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Parnac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Parnac’s story

No historic monuments in Parnac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Parnac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison Peindariès, in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt, 1.5 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Parnac.

Who lives here

An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over

8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 and 30% are 65 or over, against 8.8% and 35% in the median compared commune of Lot. 28% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Lot 26%, France 30%).

51.3median age
ParnacLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Parnac
ParnacLot medianFrance median
Under 1513%11%17%
15–248.4%8.8%11%
25–4420%19%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+30%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP27%24%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Parnac are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.9%

For Parnac, that is below both Lot’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Parnac has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.7 per worker. 7.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Parnac, 0.7 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

79.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 9 points below the expected rate

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

Parnac sits below both Lot’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

79.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Parnac79.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège L'ImpernalNearest collègeCollègeCollège10079%−9 pts
79.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Parnac is €11.22/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€11.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Parnac€11.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.40 to €13.41/m² a month)
€8.55/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 Luzech and 5 more in and around Parnac

Heritage in and near Parnac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Parnac

13pages on Parnac

Landmarks

Nothing in Parnac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Parnac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Parnac yet.

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Parnac’s neighbors

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

All towns in Lot →
PradinesCahorsPrayssacMontayralFumelGourdonPradinesCahorsPrayssacMontayralFumelGourdonParnac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Parnac382—————
Pradines3,6174.5B+B−A+C+
Cahors20,0506.5C+BC−B−
Prayssac2,5196.6CB−CB+
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,65417B+AAB−
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,69017C−AC−C
Gourdon4,20618B+A−CC+

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

About Parnac

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Parnac is a commune of 382 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. 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
382 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
INSEE code
46214

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.