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Couze-et-Saint-FrontDordogne

709 people call this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Couze-et-Saint-Front a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Couze-et-Saint-Front out for now. Second homes make up 16% of its housing. The median price paid is €1,525/m². It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Couze-et-Saint-Front stand out

The 3 things Couze-et-Saint-Front does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Anciennes papeteries
Anciennes papeteries · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Couze-et-Saint-Front’s story

Couze-et-Saint-Front in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Couze-et-Saint-Front, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1989.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1989First protected: Anciennes papeteries
  • 2015Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Front du Colubri
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Couze-et-Saint-Front, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Moulin de Larroque: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Front du Colubri: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anciennes papeteries: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Couze-et-Saint-Front.

Who lives here

Few people in Couze-et-Saint-Front are 15 to 24: 7.3%, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

55.9median age

People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above Dordogne’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 23% of adults.

Couze-et-Saint-FrontDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Couze-et-Saint-Front
Couze-et-Saint-FrontDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1513%13%17%
15–247.3%9%11%
25–4418%18%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+35%33%22%
No diploma22%23%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education23%24%30%

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

History

Couze-et-Saint-Front keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919

4historic monuments

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

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Couze-et-Saint-Front, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit4
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1989
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Couze-et-Saint-Front walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%

7%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 250 residents in work, Couze-et-Saint-Front has 150 jobs: 0.6 each. The median disposable income was €23,430 a year per consumption unit, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 12.3% are unemployed.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
150
jobs based in Couze-et-Saint-Front, 0.6 per working resident
12.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,430
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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

91.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 1.2 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Couze-et-Saint-Front91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège7591%+2 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Couze-et-Saint-Front costs an estimated advertised €11.34/m² a month, against €10.18/m² in Dordogne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

€1,525/m²median sale price

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

Sales in Couze-et-Saint-Front from July 2023 to June 2026: 45 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €8.20/m² a month.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Couze-et-Saint-Front€1,525/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,525/m²45
€11.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €14.33/m² a month)
€8.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Couze-et-Saint-Front

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Nearby attractions

Moulin de La Rouzique and 8 more in and around Couze-et-Saint-Front

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Couze-et-Saint-Front. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Couze-et-Saint-Front

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Couze-et-Saint-Front yet.

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About Couze-et-Saint-Front

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Couze-et-Saint-Front is a commune of 709 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

Population
709 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.3 km²)
INSEE code
24143

Couze-et-Saint-Front’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 →
LalindeBergeracLe BuguePrigonrieuxLamonzie-Saint-MartinLa ForceLalindeBergeracLe BuguePrigonrieuxLamonzie-Saint-MartinLa ForceCouze-et-Saint-Front
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Couze-et-Saint-Front709—————
Lalinde2,9311.9A−B−A−C+
Bergerac27,11012CBDB
Le Bugue2,66312A−BAC+
Prigonrieux4,37415C+BA+D
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin2,74216—B+—C+
La Force2,70217—B—D

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

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.