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Home to 644 people, this town lies in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Soturac a good place to live?

Soturac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 23% of its housing. It skews older: a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Soturac stand out

The 2 things Soturac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Soturac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Soturac’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Soturac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2013.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Émile Ratier, born in 1894, is the one person born in Soturac before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 2013First protected: Tour-moulin de Ségadènes
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Nearby attractions

Tour-moulin de Ségadènes and 9 more in and around Soturac

Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Soturac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Soturac.

Who lives here

Few people in Soturac are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns

18% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, lower than Lot’s towns (35%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here.

56.5median age
SoturacLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 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 Soturac
SoturacLot medianFrance median
Under 1514%11%17%
15–246.1%8.8%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+33%35%22%
No diploma22%21%19%
CAP or BEP32%24%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education18%26%30%

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

History

Soturac 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 1 historic monument in Soturac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
2013
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Soturac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%

For its 250 residents in work, Soturac has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income was €23,930 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 11.8%.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Soturac, 0.3 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

68.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 15 points below the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 3.1 mi to the nearest one.

68.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Soturac68.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège7168%−15 pts
68.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −15 pts against the expected rate
3.1 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 Soturac costs less than in both Lot’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.43/m² a month

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

Sales in Soturac from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments.

€8.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Soturac€8.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.74 to €10.53/m² a month)
€7.86/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 Soturac

13pages on Soturac

Landmarks

Soturac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Soturac

One notable person was born in Soturac.

Their page →

Soturac’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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MontayralFumelPrayssacVilleneuve-sur-LotPujolsBiasMontayralFumelPrayssacVilleneuve-sur-LotPujolsBiasSoturac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Soturac644—————
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,6542.7B+AAB−
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,6902.7C−AC−C
Prayssac2,5198.2CB−CB+
Villeneuve-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne22,35016B−A−CC+
Pujols Lot-et-Garonne3,76918B+BAB−
Bias Lot-et-Garonne2,97718AA−AB+

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

About Soturac

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Soturac is a commune of 644 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
644 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.6 sq mi (19.8 km²)
INSEE code
46307

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.