Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its weakest subject is safety: an average of 11.2 recorded violent incidents and 22 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Bergerac earns a C: better than a third of compared French towns, and #24 of 27 in Dordogne. At the median price of €1,625/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. Fewer journeys need a car: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bergerac with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bergerac.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Bergerac than in 88% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Bergerac ranks 25th of the 27 compared towns in Dordogne. Police and gendarmerie recorded 856 offenses locally in 2025. The town has 15,700 jobs for 8,750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
11.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage322
Other physical violence137
Burglary120
Family violence116
Theft from vehicles63
Sexual violence58
Vehicle theft40
Theft without violence219
Fraud182
Drug use149
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
856
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
An older town: 34% of residents are 65 or over
13% are under 15, close to Dordogne’s towns (13%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.6% of the population.
52.5median age
BergeracDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Bergerac has higher unemployment than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 16.7%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,650 a year. At the census, 17.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot9%
Bicycle5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
15,700
jobs based in Bergerac, 1.8 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Bergerac is below 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its six care homes for older people (612 places) count their residents as Bergerac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 4,162 residents of Bergerac died, against 4,294 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Bergerac can choose among 14 GPs.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
14
GPs in Bergerac · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
9 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2005
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005. Houses and mansions, 6 of the 9, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Bergerac is Église Notre-Dame. Protection here reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Bergerac is 90.9%, below Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 82% passed the bac pro, of 163 candidates at 2 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #18 of 27 in Dordogne on results.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Bergerac’s grade for cost of living: a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
1,408 sales of houses and apartments in Bergerac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,625/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.91/m² a month, higher than Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in the town: €1,713/m² for houses, €1,500/m² for apartments.
€1,625/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bergerac€1,625/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,713/m²
955
Apartments
€1,500/m²
453
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.64 to €13.78/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,130
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Juanje 2712 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite Château Henri IV: Photo: Eliane Promis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jacques: Photo: JGS25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien Séminaire ou Petite Mission: Photo: Eliane Promis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Franck Passi: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hélène Duc: Studio Harcourt., Public domain · Henri Nallet: Fondation Jean-Jaurès, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jawad El Hajri: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stany Delayre: Felouch Kotek, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bernard Gregory: CERN, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bergerac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bergerac
Is Bergerac safe?
It grades D for safety, #25 of 27 in Dordogne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 120 burglaries and 322 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bergerac good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #18 of 27 in Dordogne. 92% of 425 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maine de Biran in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bergerac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,625/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bergerac grades B for cost of living.
About Bergerac
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bergerac is a commune of 27,110 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. 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
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.
