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BeaupouyetDordogne

Population 553: a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Beaupouyet a good place to live?

There are no grades for Beaupouyet: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Beaupouyet stand out

The one thing Beaupouyet does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beaupouyet’s story

Beaupouyet in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Beaupouyet; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité
  • 2022Most recently protected: Château de Fournils
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaupouyet.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Beaupouyet than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. The age that splits Beaupouyet in two is 50.8.

50.8median age
BeaupouyetDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Beaupouyet
BeaupouyetDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1514%13%17%
15–248.2%9%11%
25–4422%18%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+30%33%22%
No diploma24%23%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education19%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Beaupouyet: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Beaupouyet; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Beaupouyet walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.1%

Median disposable income comes to €22,320 a year per consumption unit. For its 250 residents in work, Beaupouyet has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. Unemployment runs at 9.3%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Beaupouyet, 0.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Beaupouyet costs less than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.83/m² a month

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

14 houses and apartments changed hands in Beaupouyet from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.83/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Beaupouyet€8.83/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€8.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €11.27/m² a month)
€8.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Bassy and 3 more in and around Beaupouyet

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Beaupouyet. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Beaupouyet

12pages on Beaupouyet

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Beaupouyet; none is classé, France’s top protection.

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Photo credits

Château de Fournils: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Beaupouyet

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

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Beaupouyet’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 Dordogne →
MussidanMontpon-MénestérolLa ForceNeuvicPrigonrieuxPort-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptMussidanMontpon-MénestérolLa ForceNeuvicPrigonrieuxPort-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptBeaupouyet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Beaupouyet553—————
Mussidan2,7714.4DA−DC−
Montpon-Ménestérol5,8665.8DB+CD
La Force2,70210—B—D
Neuvic3,68711A−AB+B
Prigonrieux4,37412C+BA+D
Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt2,52012B+BA−B−

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

About Beaupouyet

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Beaupouyet is a commune of 553 people in the Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en 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

Population
553 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.9 sq mi (23 km²)
INSEE code
24029

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.