Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 651 in Lot, Occitanie.
Payrignac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Payrignac does most differently from other towns.
Payrignac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1954.
14% 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 Payrignac.
Over-65s are 30% of the population. Payrignac has a median age of 54.6 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Payrignac | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.5% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Payrignac is Grotte, à Cougnac. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, lower than Lot’s towns (15%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Payrignac holds 200 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 9.9%, below Lot’s towns (12.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). 3.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work 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 closest collège is 2.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léo ferréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 96%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léo FerréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 58 | 95%−3 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.
22 houses and apartments changed hands in Payrignac from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Payrignac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Grotte, à Cougnac: Photo: Photo: Don Hitchcock, donsmaps.com · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Payrignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payrignac | 651 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gourdon | 4,206 | 2.4 | B+ | A− | C | C+ |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda Dordogne | 8,763 | 11 | C | B− | C | C |
| Souillac | 3,192 | 11 | B+ | A | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Payrignac is a commune of 651 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
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.