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La DornacDordogne

407 people live in this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Dornac a good place to live?

La Dornac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 18% of homes here are second homes.

What makes La Dornac stand out

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

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Église Notre-Dame
Église Notre-Dame · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Dornac’s story

La Dornac in pictures

La Dornac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1949.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1949First protected: Église Notre-Dame
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The data

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History

La Dornac keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

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

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. La Dornac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of residents, about level with Dordogne’s towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 14% of residents.

47.8median age
La DornacDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Dornac
La DornacDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1514%13%17%
15–248.8%9%11%
25–4424%18%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+23%33%22%
No diploma12%23%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education31%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Dornac are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

Half of residents lived on more than €27,590 a year per consumption unit, above Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs located in La Dornac: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.2 each). At the census, 1.4% of commuters got to work without a car.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in La Dornac, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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 Dornac is €9.93/m² a month

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

Sales in La Dornac from July 2023 to June 2026: 9 houses and apartments.

€9.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Dornac€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

Nearby attractions

Monastère de la Transfiguration and 2 more in and around La Dornac

Heritage and museums in and near La Dornac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Dornac

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Landmarks

La Dornac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from La Dornac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Dornac yet.

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La Dornac’s neighbors

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

All towns in Dordogne →
Terrasson-LavilledieuSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheMontignac-LascauxBrive-la-GaillardeUssacCosnacTerrasson-LavilledieuSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheMontignac-LascauxBrive-la-GaillardeUssacCosnacLa Dornac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Dornac407—————
Terrasson-Lavilledieu6,2184.2B+B+B+B
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze5,0916.7A−B−AB+
Montignac-Lascaux2,7628.8B−B−AC−
Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze47,09511C+BCB
Ussac Corrèze4,32211A−B−A+B+
Cosnac Corrèze3,04412—B+—B+

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

About La Dornac

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Dornac is a commune of 407 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
407 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.2 km²)
INSEE code
24153

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.