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A town in Lot, Occitanie, home to 531 people.

Is Sauzet a good place to live?

There are no grades for Sauzet: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.

What makes Sauzet stand out

The one thing Sauzet does most differently from other towns.

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Sauzet’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sauzet’s story

No historic monuments in Sauzet

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

The nearest classé monument is Maison Guilhou, in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt, 3.9 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sauzet.

Who lives here

A town of families: 20% of people in Sauzet are under 15, more than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Lot’s towns (35%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.8% of residents. Line up the people of Sauzet by age and the one in the middle is 44.9.

44.9median age
SauzetLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education28%

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%.

Ages and diplomas in Sauzet
SauzetLot medianFrance median
Under 1520%11%17%
15–247.8%8.8%11%
25–4423%19%23%
45–6424%25%26%
65+26%35%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%24%26%
Baccalauréat25%19%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 5.9% of commuters in Sauzet go to work without a car, fewer than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

The unemployment rate comes to 10.0%. The median disposable income was €23,800 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Sauzet number 200, against 200 residents in work (0.9 per worker).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Sauzet, 0.9 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Sauzet costs less than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.38/m² a month

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

Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 20 homes in Sauzet.

€8.38/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sauzet€8.38/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €10.74/m² a month)
€8.55/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 Sauzet

11pages on Sauzet

Landmarks

Nothing in Sauzet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Sauzet

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

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Sauzet’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 →
PrayssacPradinesCahorsMontayralFumelPrayssacPradinesCahorsMontayralFumelSauzet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sauzet531—————
Prayssac2,5197.1CB−CB+
Pradines3,6178.2B+B−A+C+
Cahors20,0509.4C+BC−B−
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,65414B+AAB−
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,69015C−AC−C

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

About Sauzet

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Sauzet is a commune of 531 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. 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
531 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
46301

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.