Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). La Chapelle-Gonaguet 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 La Chapelle-Gonaguet 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.
Domaine du prieuré de Merlande · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Chapelle-Gonaguet’s story
La Chapelle-Gonaguet in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Chapelle-Gonaguet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1892.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1892First protected: Domaine du prieuré de Merlande
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Chapelle-Gonaguet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine du prieuré de Merlande: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chapelle-Gonaguet.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
La Chapelle-Gonaguet is harder to get around on foot than 99% of compared French towns
2%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €27,500 a year per consumption unit, above both Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.2% of commuters got to work without a car. La Chapelle-Gonaguet has 100 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Of those in the labour force, 7.4% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving95%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in La Chapelle-Gonaguet, 0.2 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: La Chapelle-Gonaguet is above 81% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, La Chapelle-Gonaguet’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 78 residents of La Chapelle-Gonaguet died, against 77 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in La Chapelle-Gonaguet · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Francheville
5.7 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
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Chapelle-Gonaguet is €10.37/m² a month
€10.37/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in La Chapelle-Gonaguet: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.80/m² a month.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
La Chapelle-Gonaguet€10.37/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€10.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.27 to €13.01/m² a month)
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
La Chapelle-Gonaguet: 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Chapelle-Gonaguet is Domaine du prieuré de Merlande. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, above both Dordogne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
La Chapelle-Gonaguet has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
47.1median age
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Dordogne’s towns (13%) and near compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
La Chapelle-GonaguetDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
La Chapelle-Gonaguet is a commune of 1,049 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. 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
1,049 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.6 sq mi (19.7 km²)
INSEE code
24108
La Chapelle-Gonaguet’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Chapelle-Gonaguet
Is La Chapelle-Gonaguet safe?
La Chapelle-Gonaguet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Chapelle-Gonaguet good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.
