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Carayac

Public indicators aggregated at commune level: housing market, services, safety, environment. Official sources, updated as of May 2026.

Themes at a glance

Per-theme summary derived from sourced indicators. Tap a theme for the detail.

Carayac in numbers

Synthetic indicators. Sourced thematic detail below.

  • Energy-sieve homes (EPC F or G)

    40 %

    share of poorly-insulated private homes

    ADEME · 2026

    Rank 292 of 313 communes in the Lot département

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  • GP access (APL)

    0,8 c/an/hab

    DREES index — under-served threshold = 2.5

    DREES · 2024

    Rank 292 of 313 communes in the Lot département

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  • Fiber rollout

    100 %

    fiber-eligible homes

    ARCEP · 2025

    Rank 1 of 312 communes in the Lot département

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  • Recorded crime

    0,0 / 1 000 hab/an

    offences recorded by law enforcement

    SSMSI · 2025

    Rank 1 of 624 communes in the Lot département

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  • Water hardness

    7 °f

    soft <15, medium 15-30, hard 30-40, very hard >40

    SISE-Eaux ARS · 2025

    Rank 15 of 239 communes in the Lot département

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  • Population change

    +8,1 % / 5 ans

    cumulative variation INSEE census (2017→2022)

    INSEE RP · 2025

    Rank 49 of 313 communes in the Lot département

Everything else we measure in Carayac

Every value carries its source and year. What is not measured here is not shown — never replaced by an average.

Housing and costs

  • Median rent

    8,8 €/m²/mois

    private market rent observatory ANIL

    ANIL · 2025 — indicative

  • Property tax rate (TFB)

    35,4 %

    voted built-property tax global rate

    DGFiP REI · 2024

  • Median heating cost

    1 349 €/an

    from energy certificates issued in the town

    DPE — ADEME · 2026

  • Median property tax

    1,45 €/m²/an

    amount per m², not the voted rate

    DGFiP · 2020 — indicative

  • Median rent — house

    7,2 €/m²/mois

    apartment rent alone misses half the market

    Carte des loyers — ANIL · 2025 — indicative

  • Homes empty for over 2 years

    5,1 %

    structural vacancy — long-empty homes signal a market with no takers

    LOVAC — DGALN · 2025

  • Second homes

    30 %

    share of housing — a high value means an off-season ghost town

    Filocom — DGFiP · 2025

  • Housing built before 1949

    28 %

    older stock — character, and heavier insulation work

    Filocom — DGFiP · 2025

Environment

  • Oil heating

    60 %

    share of dwellings — the energy most exposed to price and regulation

    DPE — ADEME · 2026

  • Radon potential

    faible

    natural radioactive soil gas — leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco

    IRSN

  • Solar irradiation

    1 621 kWh/m²/an

    solar energy received at ground level over a year

    PVGIS — Commission européenne · 2023

  • Nitrates in tap water

    4 mg/L

    legal limit 50 mg/L (EU directive 2020/2184)

    SISE-Eaux — ARS · 2025

  • Chlorine in tap water

    0,60 mg/L

    disinfection is mandatory; taste becomes noticeable from about 0.3 mg/L

    SISE-Eaux — ARS · 2025

  • Pesticides applied

    0,6 kg/ha

    amount per hectare of farmland — field use, not a concentration in water

    BNV-D — ministère de l’Agriculture · 2023

Jobs and income

  • Unemployment rate

    17,4 %

    share of 15-64 year-olds unemployed

    Filosofi — INSEE · 2025

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Housing market in Carayac

Apartment rent

8,8 €/m²/mois

Median rent per m² observed by ANIL observatories. Compare with purchase price for gross rental yield.

Source: ANIL Observatoires des loyers · 2025Reliability medium

Thermal sieves (DPE F/G)

40 %

Share of homes labelled F or G in the surveyed stock (French median ≈ 18%). Climate Act: rental ban for G in 2025, F in 2028, E in 2034.

Source: ADEME Observatoire DPE · 2026Reliability high

Planning and buildability in Carayac

Buildable share of the territory

0,8 %

of territory in U or open AU zones

Share of commune area classified as buildable in the local plan (urban U zones + open to-urbanise AUc zones). The precise rules — height, footprint, setback — depend on the exact zone of the parcel.

Source: Géoportail de l'Urbanisme (GPU)Reliability high

Urban zones (U)

0,7 %

of territory already urbanised

Share of area in U zones of the local plan — already-urbanised sectors, open to immediate construction subject to the zone rules.

Source: Géoportail de l'Urbanisme (GPU)Reliability high

Planning document

26

PLU zoning areas

The commune has a digitised PLU/PLUi published on the Géoportail de l'Urbanisme, split into 26 zones. Without a PLU, the National Planning Regulation (RNU) applies.

Source: Géoportail de l'Urbanisme (GPU)Reliability high

Zoning from the Géoportail de l'Urbanisme (GPU). Indicative at commune scale — for the buildability of a precise parcel, consult the PLU at the town hall.

Services and quality of life in Carayac

GP accessibility

0,81

consultations / year / inhabitant

DREES APL indicator — French median ≈ 3.5. Tension threshold at 2.5: below this level, the commune is a medical desert.

Source: DREES Indicateur APL · 2024Reliability high

Fibre coverage (FttH)

100 %

Share of premises reachable by optical fibre (ARCEP). French median ≈ 75%. Tenant-attraction lever and near-mandatory residential criterion in 2026.

Source: ARCEP Observatoire fibre · 2025Reliability medium

Safety and risks in Carayac

Nearest classified facility (ICPE)

2,6 km

LHORENS Sébastien

Source : DGPR · Géorisques · measured from the town centre

Recorded crime

0

per 1,000 inhabitants

Offences recorded by police/gendarmerie (French median ≈ 35). Includes property, personal and drug offences. Honest reading: compare to neighbouring communes.

Source: SSMSI — Ministère de l'Intérieur · 2025Reliability medium

Classified facilities

1

ICPE within 1 km (average)

Average number of classified facilities (ICPE) within 1 km around the commune (DGPR). Seveso = major industrial risk, ICPE = facilities subject to authorisation/registration.

Source: DGPR Géorisques · 2025Reliability high

Environment and health in Carayac

Water hardness

7 °f

Hydrotimetric titre (French median ≈ 22 °f). Below 15 = soft ; 22-32 = hard ; above = very hard (scaling, energy overconsumption).

Source: ARS — SISE-Eaux · 2025Reliability medium

Agricultural pesticides (dept)

0,6 kg/ha

Phytosanitary sales per cultivated hectare at département level (French median ≈ 1.2 kg/ha). Exposure indicator for residents.

Source: BNV-D (OFB) · 2023

Solar potential

1621 kWh/m²/an

Annual horizontal solar irradiation (PVGIS). French median ≈ 1,320 kWh/m²/year. Above 1,500 = very favourable (8-10 year ROI for panels), below 1,100 = longer ROI (12-15 years). MaPrimeRénov subsidy + self-consumption available.

Source: PVGIS European Commission · 2023Reliability high

Energy rating (EPC)

A17 %
B0 %
C33 %
D0 %
E17 %
F0 %
G33 %

33.3% poorly rated (F/G) of 6 assessed dwellings.

Housing stock

Main homes65 %
Second homes30 %
Vacant homes5 %

— Live calculations

Every dimension, in euros.

On this page, 6 calculations with the real figures for Carayac: whether to buy or rent, how much to negotiate, the monthly mortgage payment, the net rental yield, the monthly cashflow and the energy bill.

Method and assumptions detailed in Transparency.