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La CassagneDordogne

It is a town of 149 residents in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Cassagne a good place to live?

La Cassagne isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 48% of homes.

What makes La Cassagne stand out

The one thing La Cassagne does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Barthélémy
Église Saint-Barthélémy · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Cassagne’s story

La Cassagne in pictures

La Cassagne has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1936First protected: Église Saint-Barthélémy
  • 1980Most recently protected: Ancienne grange dîmière
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Landmarks

La Cassagne has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Ancienne grange dîmière: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Barthélémy: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Cassagne.

History

La Cassagne keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 38% built before 1919

4historic monuments

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

La Cassagne has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Barthélémy. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

La Cassagne has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 6% are 15 to 24

47.3median age

Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of La Cassagne by age and the one in the middle is 47.3.

La CassagneDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Cassagne
La CassagneDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1517%13%17%
15–246%9%11%
25–4421%18%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+24%33%22%
No diploma18%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education27%24%30%

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

Work & commute

La Cassagne has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each

0%walk, cycle or take transit

The median disposable income was €23,320 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 11.1%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 12.5% of working residents in La Cassagne didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in La Cassagne, 0.3 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Cassagne is €9.93/m² a month

€9.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.67/m² a month. Sales in La Cassagne from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Cassagne€9.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.84 to €12.59/m² a month)
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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About La Cassagne

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Cassagne is a commune of 149 people in the Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. 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
149 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.2 km²)
INSEE code
24085

La Cassagne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Terrasson-LavilledieuMontignac-LascauxSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheSarlat-la-CanédaBrive-la-GaillardeSouillacTerrasson-LavilledieuMontignac-LascauxSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheSarlat-la-CanédaBrive-la-GaillardeSouillacLa Cassagne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Cassagne149—————
Terrasson-Lavilledieu6,2185.3B+B+B+B
Montignac-Lascaux2,7627.2B−B−AC−
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze5,0919A−B−AB+
Sarlat-la-Canéda8,76312CB−CC
Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze47,09513C+BCB
Souillac Lot3,19213B+ADC+

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

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.