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A town of 3,617 in Lot, Occitanie.
Pradines grades B+ overall: better than 74% of compared French towns, and #2 of 8 in Lot. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. At the median price of €1,849/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pradines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pradines 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pradines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciens remparts, in Cahors, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Pradines. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Cahors Henri-Martin3.5 km southeast, in CahorsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mercuès3.1 km north, in MercuèsChâteauChâteauChâteau Lagrézette3.9 km northwest, in CaillacChâteauChâteauChâteau les Bouysses2.6 km northwest, in MercuèsFortFortRemparts de Cahors3.1 km southeast, in CahorsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pradines.
No compared town in Lot has less graded crime per resident than Pradines: it ranks first of 8. Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in the graded categories in Pradines in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 12.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24 and 29% are 65 or over, against 8.8% and 35% in the median compared commune of Lot. 33% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Lot 26%, France 30%).
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Pradines | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
12.9% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Lot’s towns (12.8%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 449 residents of Pradines died, against 430 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Pradines’; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #3 of 8 in Lot.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Étienne PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Clément MarotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 318 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Étienne PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 69 | 100%+2 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.
The median price, €1,849/m², comes from 115 sales of houses and apartments in Pradines from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 8 towns in Lot costs more to buy into than Pradines, whose median sale is €1,849/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,850/m² | 102 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pradines 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 Pradines yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 8 in Lot.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #3 of 8 in Lot. 96% of 318 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Clément Marot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,849/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.33/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pradines grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Pradines is a commune of 3,617 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.