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DoissatDordogne

Population 99: a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Doissat a good place to live?

There are no grades for Doissat: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 28% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Doissat stand out

The one thing Doissat does most differently from other towns.

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Doissat’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Doissat’s story

No historic monuments in Doissat

The Culture ministry lists no building in Doissat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne porte fortifiée, in Saint-Pompon, 3.4 mi away.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Doissat.

Who lives here

Children make up only 7.8% of Doissat, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

26% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Dordogne’s towns (33%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Doissat by age and the one in the middle is 57. Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults.

57median age
DoissatDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Doissat
DoissatDordogne medianFrance median
Under 157.8%13%17%
15–247.8%9%11%
25–4414%18%23%
45–6444%27%26%
65+26%33%22%
No diploma28%23%19%
CAP or BEP22%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Doissat, 20.8%, runs above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

Median disposable income comes to €22,130 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 24.4% of working residents in Doissat didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving69%
Motorbike or scooter7%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Doissat, 0.4 per working resident
20.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
24%
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 Doissat costs less than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.97/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Doissat.

€8.97/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Doissat€8.97/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €11.66/m² a month)
€7.58/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 Doissat

12pages on Doissat

Landmarks

Nothing in Doissat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Doissat

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

How we find them →

Doissat’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-CanédaGourdonLe BuguePrayssacFumelMontayralSarlat-la-CanédaGourdonLe BuguePrayssacFumelMontayralDoissat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Doissat99—————
Sarlat-la-Canéda8,76313CB−CC
Gourdon Lot4,20615B+A−CC+
Le Bugue2,66315A−BAC+
Prayssac Lot2,51916CB−CB+
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,69017C−AC−C
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,65418B+AAB−

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

About Doissat

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Doissat is a commune of 99 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. 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
99 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.7 km²)
INSEE code
24151

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.