Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its schools beat most (A−): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,644/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #11 of 27 in Dordogne. Set against the rest, it does better than just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lalinde 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lalinde.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Lalinde than in Dordogne or compared French towns: 20 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2006. The protected list starts in the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Lalinde is Église Sainte-Colombe. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Lalinde skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.6%, below both Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 21% have a degree. At 58.7, the median resident of Lalinde sits in the middle of the age range.
58.7median age
LalindeDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Lalinde than in 83% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Lalinde came to 33 in 2025. With 1,400 jobs for 900 working residents, Lalinde draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Other physical violence11
Armed robbery0
Fraud28
Drug use16
Theft without violence15
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 13.2% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Schools
91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #3 of 27 in Dordogne. For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 12.1 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Lalinde run higher than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lalinde is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 12 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 563 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 623, 11% more. Its two care homes for older people (128 places) count their residents as Lalinde’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. Also worth knowing: women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Lalinde · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €24,040 a year per consumption unit. 12.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Lalinde, 1.5 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Lalinde’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.96/m² a month, between Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €1,644/m²: 131 houses and apartments sold in Lalinde between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€1,644/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lalinde€1,644/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,647/m²
129
€10.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.67 to €13.87/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Porte des fortifications dite Porte Romaine: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Laffinoux: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canal de Lalinde (aqueduc et pont-déversoir de la Tuilerie de Villeneuve): Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canal de Lalinde (écluse, y compris l'aqueduc et le canal de communication des biefs, le pont supérieur qui lui fait suite et le bassin de chargement avec sa cale de radoub): Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lalinde
Is Lalinde safe?
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 27 in Dordogne.
Are schools in Lalinde good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #3 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lalinde expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,644/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lalinde grades B− for cost of living.
About Lalinde
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lalinde is a commune of 2,931 people in the Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. 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
2,931 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
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.
