Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 327 in Lot, Occitanie.
Vaylats is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Vaylats does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vaylats as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Ferrières-Haut, in Limogne-en-Quercy, 5.6 mi away.
41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vaylats.
33% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, close to Lot’s towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%). At 55.5, the median resident of Vaylats sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vaylats | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.3% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Vaylats, for 100 working residents (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €23,330 a year per consumption unit, near Lot’s towns (€24,345) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: a tenth of working residents here at the census.
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.
Sales in Vaylats from July 2023 to June 2026: 7 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vaylats 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 Vaylats yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Vaylats is a commune of 327 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. 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 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.