Where it does best 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. Work and incomes lag: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. It lags on health as well (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 25% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Buisson-de-Cadouin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
How Le Buisson-de-Cadouin grades
Each subject compares Le Buisson-de-Cadouin 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.
Grotte ornée souterraine de Cussac: Photo: Crestian Lamaison Original uploader was Crestian at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ancienne abbaye de Cadouin: Photo: Benjamin Lefèvre · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église d'Urval: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Cabans: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: 38% are 65 or over, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
58.7median age
Children under 15 make up 10%, below both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 6.3% of the population. Le Buisson-de-Cadouin has a median age of 58.7 years.
Le Buisson-de-CadouinDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
HealthHealth C
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin is 16.5 mi from the nearest emergency department
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Le Buisson-de-Cadouin’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, above Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. There are 3 general practitioners here. In Dordogne, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 350 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 454, 30% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
19.8 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
Homes in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin sell for a median €1,727/m²
€1,727/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.90/m² a month, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.47/m² a month. 87 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin€1,727/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,727/m²
87
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.07/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin than in Dordogne or compared French towns: 41 per 10,000 residents
8historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Grotte ornée souterraine de Cussac. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin are lower than in 83% of French communes of 1,000+
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,610 a year per consumption unit, near Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: the jobless rate is 12.1%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
800
jobs based in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, 1.1 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin is a commune of 1,965 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
1,965 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
19.4 sq mi (50.2 km²)
INSEE code
24068
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
Is Le Buisson-de-Cadouin safe?
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Buisson-de-Cadouin expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Buisson-de-Cadouin grades B for cost of living.
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.
