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A town of 148 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Saillac a good place to live?

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

What makes Saillac stand out

The 2 things Saillac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen dit de Crouzeilles
Dolmen dit de Crouzeilles · Inscrit · Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saillac’s story

Saillac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saillac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

55% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1959First protected: Dolmen de Dirau
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saillac.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Saillac: 43% are 65 or over, above Lot’s towns and compared French towns

The share of residents under 15 is 8.2%. 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 31% have a degree.

59.7median age
SaillacLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 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.

Ages and diplomas in Saillac
SaillacLot medianFrance median
Under 158.2%11%17%
15–246.8%8.8%11%
25–4415%19%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+43%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP22%24%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

History

Saillac keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 55% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saillac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
1959
first monument protected
55%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saillac are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.2%

Per resident in work, Saillac counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €23,550 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 9.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot10%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saillac, 0.5 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saillac than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.76/m² a month

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

Saillac recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saillac€8.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.05 to €10.88/m² a month)
€7.45/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 Saillac

11pages on Saillac

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saillac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen de Dirau: Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saillac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saillac yet.

How we find them →

Saillac’s 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 →
Villefranche-de-RouergueCaussadeCahorsVillefranche-de-RouergueCaussadeCahorsSaillac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saillac148—————
Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron11,27114B+A−CB
Caussade Tarn-et-Garonne6,80316CB−CC+
Cahors20,05018C+BC−B−

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

About Saillac

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Saillac is a commune of 148 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. 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
148 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.3 km²)
INSEE code
46247

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.