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A town of 236 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Prendeignes a good place to live?

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

What makes Prendeignes stand out

The 2 things Prendeignes does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Prendeignes

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Césaire ou Saint-Sulpice, in Maurs, 6 mi away.

57% 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 Prendeignes.

Who lives here

Prendeignes is a graduates’ town: 37% hold a degree, more than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns

On this, Prendeignes is above both Lot’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 33% of the town.

50.2median age
PrendeignesLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Prendeignes
PrendeignesLot medianFrance median
Under 1512%11%17%
15–2410%8.8%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6424%25%26%
65+33%35%22%
No diploma10%21%19%
CAP or BEP25%24%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education37%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 6.6% of commuters in Prendeignes go to work without a car, fewer than in Lot’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Prendeignes comes below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €22,190 a year per consumption unit. Prendeignes has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Prendeignes, 0.2 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Prendeignes costs less than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.37/m² a month

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

For Prendeignes, that is below both Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.37/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Prendeignes€8.37/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.43 to €10.90/m² a month)
€7.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Prendeignes

12pages on Prendeignes

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Prendeignes

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Prendeignes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Prendeignes’ 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 →
FigeacCapdenac-GareDecazevilleAubinSaint-CéréFigeacCapdenac-GareDecazevilleAubinSaint-CéréPrendeignes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Prendeignes236—————
Figeac9,7936.5C+B−DC+
Capdenac-Gare Aveyron4,4408.8AAC+B
Decazeville Aveyron5,02013CACC
Aubin Aveyron3,44414BA+A+C+
Saint-Céré3,42914A−B+A−B

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

About Prendeignes

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Prendeignes is a commune of 236 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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
236 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.7 km²)
INSEE code
46226

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.