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A town of 342 in Lot, Occitanie.
Tour-de-Faure is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 30% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Tour-de-Faure does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tour-de-Faure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Bordes, in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, 0.9 mi away.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Tour-de-Faure. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tour-de-Faure.
Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. Ages in Tour-de-Faure split evenly at 56.4: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Tour-de-Faure | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 100 residents in work, Tour-de-Faure has 100 jobs: 0.7 each. Unemployment stood at 11.5%, lower than Lot’s towns (12.8%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Tour-de-Faure went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Tour-de-Faure: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Tour-de-Faure is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tour-de-Faure yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour-de-Faure | 342 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cahors | 20,050 | 12 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Pradines | 3,617 | 14 | B+ | B− | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Tour-de-Faure is a commune of 342 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors. 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
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 4, 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.