Excideuil’s strongest is schools (A+): bac results 4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,111/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Excideuil 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.
Each subject compares Excideuil 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 Excideuil.
Who lives here
Excideuil skews older, with 46% of residents 65 or over, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns
Children are just over a tenth of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 6.6%, below Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
61.8median age
ExcideuilDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Excideuil run below what its ages would predict: 65 per 100 expected, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 402 deaths in Excideuil from 2016 to 2025; there were 402, about as many. The nearest emergency department to Excideuil is Chu Limoges Antenne Smur Au Ch St Yrieix la Perche, 14.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Excideuil have one GP on hand.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Excideuil · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Limoges Antenne Smur Au Ch St Yrieix la Perche
18.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Excideuil are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.4%
The median disposable income is €22,360 a year per consumption unit. Just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 8.1% of working residents in Excideuil didn’t travel to work at all.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Excideuil, 2.2 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Excideuil than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.59/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
45 sales of houses and apartments in Excideuil, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,111/m². Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 45 homes were sold in the town.
€1,111/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Excideuil€1,111/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,096/m²
42
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.65 to €12.02/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,580
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Excideuil keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Since 1997, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Excideuil: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Château d'Excideuil.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Excideuil
Is Excideuil safe?
Excideuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Excideuil good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Excideuil expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,111/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Excideuil grades A− for cost of living.
About Excideuil
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Excideuil is a commune of 1,201 people in the Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère en 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
1,201 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
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.
