Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Recorded crime is low: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A− overall, Eymet sits #7 of 27 in Dordogne. Set against the rest, it does better than 82% of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,680/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Portes Sud Périgord. The catch is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Eymet 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 Eymet.
Who lives here
Eymet skews older, with 42% of residents 65 or over, more than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
Under 15: 11% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 5.5%, below Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half the people of Eymet are older than 61.2.
61.2median age
EymetDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Eymet than in Dordogne or compared French towns: 19 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A quarter of homes date from before 1919. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Eymet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Eymet sees less crime per resident than four in five compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Eymet came to 35 in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Eymet (2025).
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Family violence11
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud11
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Eymet than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,680/m²: 182 houses and apartments sold in Eymet between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 93% were houses. House rents are put at about €7.98/m² a month.
€1,680/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Eymet€1,680/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,738/m²
169
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.56 to €12.01/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Portes Sud Périgord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Eymet are lower than in 87% of French communes of 1,000+
The median disposable income was €23,200 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.9% of Eymet’s working residents to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 12.2%.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot10%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
950
jobs based in Eymet, 1.2 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mortality in Eymet, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Eymet is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 13.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 524 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 560, 7% more. Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 5 GPs practise locally.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Eymet · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
13.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Dolmen d'Eylias: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pont médiéval du Bretou: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Pouthet: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Eymet
Is Eymet safe?
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 27 in Dordogne.
Are schools in Eymet good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #11 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Eymet expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,680/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Eymet grades B+ for cost of living.
About Eymet
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Eymet is a commune of 2,569 people in the Communauté de communes de Portes Sud 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
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.
