Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,702 in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
La Force has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things La Force does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Force 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.
La Force has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
La Force 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 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Force.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #25 of 27 in Dordogne. General-bac pupils go 5.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Max BramerieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 81%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
442 deaths in La Force between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 325: 36% above. Life expectancy at birth in Dordogne is 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Dordogne town has 3 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to La Force is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 6.2 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Under 15: 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, between Dordogne’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits La Force in two is 50.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| La Force | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.27/m² a month, near Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €9.13/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,786/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.8% of the total, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and below Dordogne’s towns (12%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
La Force holds 1,200 jobs; 1,100 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. 8.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,850 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 1.6 violent offenses and 6.8 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in La Force in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
La Force has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Force.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Force | 2,702 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 1.9 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 2.5 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Bergerac | 27,110 | 5.6 | C | B | D | B |
| Pineuilh Gironde | 4,490 | 7.5 | B | C+ | C | A+ |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Gironde | 2,507 | 7.8 | C | A− | D− | D |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt | 2,520 | 8.3 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Force has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #25 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Force grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Force is a commune of 2,702 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.