Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,428 residents, it is a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Prices are modest for what you get (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,569/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Le Pizou 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.
The 2 things Le Pizou does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Pizou 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.
Le Pizou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Pizou as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château et moulin d'Abzac, in Abzac, 3.8 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Pizou.
The median disposable income was €22,750 a year per consumption unit, near Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 12.3%. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Le Pizou didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, near Dordogne’s towns (9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 28% of the population. Children are 16% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Le Pizou | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.06/m² a month, close to Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.60/m² a month. Also worth knowing: between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 53 homes in Le Pizou.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,569/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Le Pizou records 85 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Le Pizou is Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande, 14.9 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here. Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Nothing in Le Pizou is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Pizou 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 Pizou | 1,428 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 3,167 | 3.5 | B | B | B | B− |
| Montpon-Ménestérol | 5,866 | 4.7 | D | B+ | C | D |
| La Roche-Chalais | 3,060 | 8.5 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
| Coutras Gironde | 8,678 | 9 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile Gironde | 5,955 | 13 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Castillon-la-Bataille Gironde | 3,344 | 13 | D | A− | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Pizou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 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 Pizou grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Pizou is a commune of 1,428 people in the Communauté de communes Isle Double Landais. 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 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.