Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rocamadour.
Who lives here
Few people in Rocamadour are 15 to 24: 6.7%, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 33% of residents. 11% are under 15, close to Lot’s towns (11%) and below compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Rocamadour is 56.2.
56.2median age
RocamadourLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Rocamadour: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Rocamadour is Dolmen sous tumulus. The Culture ministry lists 24 historic monuments here: 11 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Rocamadour has 2.1 jobs for every resident in work
Unemployment stood at 10.1%, below Lot’s towns (12.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 16.0% of commuters travelled at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,760 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
On foot14%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Rocamadour, 2.1 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Grotte des Merveilles: Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cité religieuse: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église du hameau de l'Hospitalet: Photo: Simon Strueux · CC0 · Immeuble dit Maison Mazot: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Rocamadour
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rocamadour yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Rocamadour
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Rocamadour is a commune of 597 people in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. 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
597 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
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.
