Le Bugue grades A− overall: better than 79% of compared French towns, and #10 of 27 in Dordogne. At the median price of €1,701/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Homme. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Le Bugue 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 Le Bugue.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Le Bugue: 43% are 65 or over, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.8% of residents, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 19% have a degree.
61median age
Le BugueDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
Le Bugue records less crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
Jobs outnumber working residents in Le Bugue (1,500 to 800): it draws people in from around. In 2025, 37 offenses were recorded in the town. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
4.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence10
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud31
Theft without violence13
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.
4.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
37
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.8%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.8% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
90.0% 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.
The nearest general lycée is 13.8 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #4 of 27 in Dordogne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Le Bugue sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Dordogne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 611 deaths in Le Bugue from 2016 to 2025; there were 776, 27% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Bugue is Centre hospitalier de Sarlat, 14.3 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Le Bugue · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
21.6 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.08/m² a month, close to Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 170 sales of houses and apartments in Le Bugue, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,701/m². Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
€1,701/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Bugue€1,701/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,703/m²
169
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.25 to €12.31/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Homme
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Le Bugue: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Le Bugue is Grotte de Bara-Bahau. On the Culture ministry’s list, Le Bugue counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Le Bugue are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.2%
The median disposable income was €22,940 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 8.2% of Le Bugue’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
1,500
jobs based in Le Bugue, 1.9 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Bugue
Is Le Bugue safe?
It grades A for safety, #6 of 27 in Dordogne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Bugue good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #4 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Bugue expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,701/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Bugue grades B for cost of living.
About Le Bugue
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Bugue is a commune of 2,663 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Homme. 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
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.
