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Calviac-en-PérigordDordogne

With 546 residents, it is a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Calviac-en-Périgord a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Calviac-en-Périgord is too small for the grades other French towns get. 25% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Calviac-en-Périgord stand out

The 2 things Calviac-en-Périgord does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Calviac-en-Périgord’s story

Calviac-en-Périgord in pictures

Calviac-en-Périgord has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1970First protected: Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
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Nearby attractions

Réserve zoologique de Calviac and 12 more in and around Calviac-en-Périgord

Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Calviac-en-Périgord. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Calviac-en-Périgord.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Calviac-en-Périgord than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 32% of the town. 7.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.

53.9median age
Calviac-en-PérigordDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Calviac-en-Périgord
Calviac-en-PérigordDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1512%13%17%
15–247.5%9%11%
25–4416%18%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+32%33%22%
No diploma19%23%19%
CAP or BEP32%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education25%24%30%

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

History

Calviac-en-Périgord keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

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

Calviac-en-Périgord has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1970
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Calviac-en-Périgord than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5%

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,410 a year. The jobless rate is 12.1%. No commute at all: 11.5% of working residents in Calviac-en-Périgord at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Calviac-en-Périgord, 0.5 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Calviac-en-Périgord is €10.63/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.58/m² a month. Sales in Calviac-en-Périgord from July 2023 to June 2026: 15 houses and apartments.

€10.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Calviac-en-Périgord€10.63/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.61 to €13.13/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Calviac-en-Périgord

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Landmarks

Calviac-en-Périgord has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Calviac-en-Périgord

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Calviac-en-Périgord as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Calviac-en-Périgord’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 →
Sarlat-la-CanédaSouillacGourdonMontignac-LascauxSarlat-la-CanédaSouillacGourdonMontignac-LascauxCalviac-en-Périgord
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Calviac-en-Périgord546—————
Sarlat-la-Canéda8,7635.4CB−CC
Souillac Lot3,1927.7B+ADC+
Gourdon Lot4,2069.1B+A−CC+
Montignac-Lascaux2,76216B−B−AC−

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

About Calviac-en-Périgord

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Calviac-en-Périgord is a commune of 546 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon. 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
546 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.4 km²)
INSEE code
24074

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 9, 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.