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Over-65s are 29% of the population. Home to 1,585 people, this town lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cours-de-Pile’s strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (D−): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,950/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cours-de-Pile has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Cours-de-Pile does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cours-de-Pile 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.
Cours-de-Pile has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cours-de-Pile as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Bergerac, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cours-de-Pile.
At the census, 1.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,480 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment runs at 10.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 15% of the population here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of residents, about level with Dordogne’s towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Cours-de-Pile are older than 50.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Cours-de-Pile | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Cours-de-Pile died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Cours-de-Pile is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 2.9 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.34/m² a month, between Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.36/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 51 homes were sold in Cours-de-Pile.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,950/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Cours-de-Pile. Best known first.
Nothing in Cours-de-Pile is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cours-de-Pile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cours-de-Pile | 1,585 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Bergerac | 27,110 | 3.5 | C | B | D | B |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 7.2 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| La Force | 2,702 | 9.1 | — | B | — | D |
| Lalinde | 2,931 | 9.3 | A− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Eymet | 2,569 | 14 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cours-de-Pile has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cours-de-Pile grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cours-de-Pile is a commune of 1,585 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.