Housing is within reach (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Safety lags: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 18.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Puy-l'Évêque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Puy-l'Évêque 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 Puy-l'Évêque.
Who lives here
Puy-l'Évêque skews older, with 42% of residents 65 or over, more than Lot’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 11% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.6% of residents, lower than both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree.
59.3median age
Puy-l'ÉvêqueLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Puy-l'Évêque sees more deaths than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Puy-l'Évêque. The nearest emergency department to Puy-l'Évêque is Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors, 15.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 583 residents of Puy-l'Évêque died, against 384 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 52% more. Life expectancy in Lot: 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw152
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Puy-l'Évêque · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Rougier Cahors
15.4 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Puy-l'Évêque costs less than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.78/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,572/m², comes from 116 sales of houses and apartments in Puy-l'Évêque from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 116 homes were sold here. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,572/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Puy-l'Évêque€1,572/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,592/m²
113
€9.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.66 to €12.48/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.62/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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Puy-l'Évêque sees more crime than 67% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 47 offenses in Puy-l'Évêque in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Puy-l'Évêque (900 to 600): it draws people in from around. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Puy-l'Évêque (2025).
7.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Burglary15
Other physical violence10
Theft without violence18
Fraud13
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.
7.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
47
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.9%
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 · When family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.9% 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.
History
Puy-l'Évêque: 4 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Puy-l'Évêque is Église de Martignac. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century. 17% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Lot’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 6.3% of commuters in Puy-l'Évêque go to work without a car, fewer than in Lot’s towns and compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,160 a year per consumption unit. The jobless rate is 10.2%. Just over a tenth of Puy-l'Évêque’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
900
jobs based in Puy-l'Évêque, 1.5 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Puy-l'Évêque
Is Puy-l'Évêque safe?
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Puy-l'Évêque 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 Puy-l'Évêque expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,572/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Puy-l'Évêque grades B+ for cost of living.
About Puy-l'Évêque
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Puy-l'Évêque is a commune of 1,860 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
1,860 (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.
