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A town of 1,488 in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Le Fleix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 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 Le Fleix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Fleix 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Le Fleix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Fleix.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Le Fleix has one family doctor. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 159 residents of Le Fleix died, about as many as the 160 expected from France’s death rates at each age. 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.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.06/m² a month, near Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Le Fleix from July 2023 to June 2026: 46 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €8.60/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,320/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,770 a year. 10.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents in Le Fleix at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 23% of adults. 15% are under 15, above Dordogne’s towns (13%) but below compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Le Fleix | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Le Fleix, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Le Fleix has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Temple protestant: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Fleix as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fleix | 1,488 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Gironde | 2,507 | 3.2 | C | A− | D− | D |
| Pineuilh Gironde | 4,490 | 3.3 | B | C+ | C | A+ |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt | 2,520 | 3.4 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
| La Force | 2,702 | 5.6 | — | B | — | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 6.9 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 7.4 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Fleix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Fleix grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Fleix is a commune of 1,488 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.