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A town of 196 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Uzech a good place to live?

Uzech is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Uzech stand out

The 2 things Uzech does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Uzech

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Roch, in Thédirac, 3.6 mi away.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Uzech.

Who lives here

Uzech has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 3.1% are 15 to 24

On this, Uzech is below both Lot’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 8.7% of the town.

55.7median age
UzechLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 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 Uzech
UzechLot medianFrance median
Under 158.7%11%17%
15–243.1%8.8%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+35%35%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP32%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education25%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Uzech than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 1.3%

In the comparison, Uzech comes below both Lot’s towns (18.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 14.9%. Uzech has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Uzech, 0.4 per working resident
14.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Uzech than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.05/m² a month

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

For Uzech, that is below both Lot’s towns (€10.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Uzech€9.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €11.56/m² a month)
€7.94/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 Uzech

11pages on Uzech

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Uzech

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

How we find them →

Uzech’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 →
PradinesGourdonCahorsPrayssacPradinesGourdonCahorsPrayssacUzech
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Uzech196—————
Pradines3,6178.7B+B−A+C+
Gourdon4,2069.7B+A−CC+
Cahors20,05010C+BC−B−
Prayssac2,51912CB−CB+

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

About Uzech

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Uzech is a commune of 196 people in the Communauté de communes Quercy - Bouriane. 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
196 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Quercy - Bouriane
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
46324

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.