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In Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 106 residents.
Gaugeac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up just over a quarter of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The 2 things Gaugeac does most differently from other towns.
Gaugeac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Gaugeac. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gaugeac.
People aged 15 to 24 are 7.5% of the population. Over-65s are 30% of the population. The age that splits Gaugeac in two is 53.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Gaugeac | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Gaugeac is Château Saint-Germain. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 2.6% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
2 houses and apartments changed hands in Gaugeac from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gaugeac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château Saint-Germain: Photo: Jacques MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gaugeac yet.
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Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gaugeac is a commune of 106 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
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 October 30, 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.