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This town in Lot, Occitanie has a population of 418.

Is Saint-Michel-Loubéjou a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Saint-Michel-Loubéjou falls below the line for grades. 13% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Saint-Michel-Loubéjou stand out

The one thing Saint-Michel-Loubéjou does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Michel-Loubéjou’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou

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

The nearest classé monument is Église du château de Castelnau-de-Bretenoux, in Prudhomat, 1.3 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Nearby attractions

Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux and 17 more in and around Saint-Michel-Loubéjou

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Michel-Loubéjou. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns

Over-65s are 27% of the population. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, above Lot’s towns (26%) but below compared French towns (30%). Saint-Michel-Loubéjou has a median age of 50.1.

50.1median age
Saint-Michel-LoubéjouLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou
Saint-Michel-LoubéjouLot medianFrance median
Under 1515%11%17%
15–246.6%8.8%11%
25–4422%19%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+27%35%22%
No diploma13%21%19%
CAP or BEP32%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.6 each). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou, 0.6 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Michel-Loubéjou, 96.0% passed the bac, close to Lot’s towns (95.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Michel-Loubéjou92.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Michel-Loubéjou96.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège d'OrlindeNearest collègeCollègeCollège6692%−1 pt
Lycée général Jean LurçatNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée11096%−2 pts
96%
passed the general and technological bac, −2 pts against the expected rate
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou costs less than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.25/m² a month

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

Saint-Michel-Loubéjou recorded 10 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Michel-Loubéjou€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.50 to €11.39/m² a month)
€8.45/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 Saint-Michel-Loubéjou

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Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Michel-Loubéjou

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou yet.

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Saint-Michel-Loubéjou’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Saint-CéréGramatArgentat-sur-DordogneSaint-CéréGramatArgentat-sur-DordogneSaint-Michel-Loubéjou
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou418—————
Saint-Céré3,4293A−B+A−B
Gramat3,5129.9B−B+B+B−
Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze2,88115A+AAC

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

About Saint-Michel-Loubéjou

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Saint-Michel-Loubéjou is a commune of 418 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
418 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2 sq mi (5.3 km²)
INSEE code
46284

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 November 8, 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.