Crime is low (A−): an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. School results trail most towns: bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,541/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Work and incomes lag: 1.7 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at A−, #1 of 8 in Lot. Set against the rest, it does better than just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Céré 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 Saint-Céré.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Saint-Céré than in Lot or compared French towns: 23 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Céré has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 6 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne maison consulaire. The oldest protected building goes back to the 9th century. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total, about level with Lot’s towns (15%) and above 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+
For walkability, Saint-Céré ranks above 90% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €23,780 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 20.4% of commuters got to work without a car. Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot14%
Bicycle5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,200
jobs based in Saint-Céré, 1.7 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of residents are 65 or over
11% are under 15, about level with Lot’s towns (11%) and below compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.8% of residents. Saint-Céré has a median age of 54.6.
54.6median age
Saint-CéréLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
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
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Céré runs lower than in 83% of compared French towns
In all, 43 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Céré in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Saint-Céré ranks 2nd of the 8 compared towns in Lot. With 2,200 jobs for 1,250 working residents, Saint-Céré draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence12
Sexual violence9
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence34
Fraud22
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.
6.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.3%
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 burglary, 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 (8.3% 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.
HousingCost of living B+
Saint-Céré gets a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
138 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Céré, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,541/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.06/m² a month, near Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.82/m² a month.
€1,541/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Céré€1,541/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot median€1,564/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,588/m²
118
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.04 to €12.57/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Céré run lower than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
7 GPs practise in Saint-Céré. Its two care homes for older people (117 places) count their residents as Saint-Céré’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 644 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 645, about as many. Life expectancy in Lot: 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Céré · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Cere Hop Proximite
27.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
85.1 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église et sa crypte de Sainte-Spérie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien hôtel de Puymule: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison d'angle à pans de bois: Photo: A1AA1A · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église des Récollets: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Céré
Is Saint-Céré safe?
It grades A− for safety, #2 of 8 in Lot.
Are schools in Saint-Céré good?
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns and #6 of 8 in Lot. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Céré expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,541/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Céré grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Céré
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Saint-Céré is a commune of 3,429 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
3,429 (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.
