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LacropteDordogne

A town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 699 people.

Is Lacropte a good place to live?

Lacropte isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Lacropte’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lacropte’s story

No historic monuments in Lacropte

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lacropte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Boulazac Isle Manoire, 5.6 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacropte.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 20% of people in Lacropte are 65 or over, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, between Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 17% of residents. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.

45.3median age
LacropteDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Lacropte
LacropteDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1517%13%17%
15–249.8%9%11%
25–4423%18%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+20%33%22%
No diploma29%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education18%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.0% of commuters in Lacropte go to work without a car, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

For its 300 residents in work, Lacropte has 150 jobs: 0.4 each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,390 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 12.2%.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Lacropte, 0.4 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lacropte than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.42/m² a month

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

The market in Lacropte: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.21/m² a month.

€9.42/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lacropte€9.42/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€9.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.46 to €11.90/m² a month)
€9.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lacropte

11pages on Lacropte

Landmarks

Nothing in Lacropte is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lacropte

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lacropte yet.

How we find them →

Lacropte’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 →
SanilhacBoulazac Isle ManoireBassillac et AuberocheLe BugueTrélissacPérigueuxSanilhacBoulazac Isle ManoireBassillac et AuberocheLe BugueTrélissacPérigueuxLacropte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lacropte699—————
Sanilhac4,7577ABA+B
Boulazac Isle Manoire10,7598.5ABA−A−
Bassillac et Auberoche4,3618.8A−A−A+C
Le Bugue2,66311A−BAC+
Trélissac7,37211B+BBB−
Périgueux29,05511C+B+DB−

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

About Lacropte

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lacropte is a commune of 699 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
699 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
10.4 sq mi (27 km²)
INSEE code
24220

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.