Prayssac grades C overall: better than 33% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,878/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Prayssac 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 Prayssac.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Prayssac: 45% are 65 or over, above Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.1% of residents, below both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 10% of residents. The age that splits Prayssac in two is 62.3.
62.3median age
PrayssacLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Prayssac’s ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Prayssac is Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors, 13 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 564 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 536, 5% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Lot is 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Lot town has 6 family doctors.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Prayssac · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For crime per resident, Prayssac sits above 73% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 18.5. Prayssac’s tally for 2025: 74 recorded offenses. With 1,050 jobs for 750 working residents, Prayssac draws people in from neighbouring communes. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (2025).
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary33
Other physical violence20
Criminal damage14
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence10
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.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
74
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.1%
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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 4.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Prayssac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 12.0%
The unemployment rate comes to 12.7%. Households’ median disposable income: €24,580 a year per consumption unit.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Prayssac, 1.4 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Prayssac, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, 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
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Prayssac gets a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,878/m², comes from 117 sales of houses and apartments in Prayssac from July 2023 to June 2026. This Lot town is the most expensive of the 8 towns in Lot: its median sale is €1,878/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.38/m² a month.
€1,878/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Prayssac€1,878/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,878/m²
117
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.24 to €13.44/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Prayssac
Is Prayssac safe?
It grades C for safety, #5 of 8 in Lot. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Prayssac good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Prayssac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,878/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.53/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prayssac grades B− for cost of living.
About Prayssac
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Prayssac is a commune of 2,519 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
2,519 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
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.
