Salviac’s best grade is for cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C+): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Salviac 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 Salviac 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 Salviac.
HealthHealth D
Salviac loses more people than its age profile suggests, 111 per 100 expected, above Lot’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Lot is 85.1 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 302 residents of Salviac died, against 213 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% more. The nearest emergency department to Salviac is Centre hospitalier Jean Coulon Gourdon, 6.5 mi away.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw142
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Salviac · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Coulon Gourdon
18.6 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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Salviac are out of work than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.5%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,090 a year. At the census, 9.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Salviac, 0.9 per working resident
15.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Salviac keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Salviac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Église de Luziers: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Lacoste: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Olm: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salviac
Is Salviac safe?
Salviac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Salviac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,650/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salviac grades A− for cost of living.
About Salviac
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Salviac is a commune of 1,231 people in the Communauté de communes Cazals-Salviac. 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
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.
