Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 355 people, lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Bayac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 22% of homes.
The one thing Bayac does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Bayac counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1945.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bayac. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bayac.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bayac is Gisement de la Gravette. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bayac counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. 17% are under 15, above Dordogne’s towns (13%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 25% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bayac | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 13.6%, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Bayac: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.3 each). 4.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 11.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 91%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.20/m² a month. Sales in Bayac from July 2023 to June 2026: 11 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Bayac’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Gisement de la Gravette: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bayac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayac | 355 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lalinde | 2,931 | 2.7 | A− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Bergerac | 27,110 | 12 | C | B | D | B |
| Le Bugue | 2,663 | 13 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 16 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 17 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| La Force | 2,702 | 18 | — | B | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bayac is a commune of 355 people in the Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. 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.