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The town, home to 134 people, lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Lempzours is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes.
The one thing Lempzours does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Lempzours counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1938.
30% 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 Lempzours.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lempzours is Église Notre-Dame. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Degrees are held by 35% of adults. Children under 15 make up 13%, near Dordogne’s towns (13%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lempzours | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.1% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.1%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Lempzours didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Lempzours: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Lempzours. Best known first.
Lempzours has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lempzours yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempzours | 134 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thiviers | 2,876 | 6.3 | A | A | B+ | C |
| Brantôme en Périgord | 3,763 | 8.5 | A+ | B | A+ | B+ |
| Champcevinel | 3,126 | 11 | A | B | A+ | A− |
| Trélissac | 7,372 | 11 | B+ | B | B | B− |
| Périgueux | 29,055 | 13 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Bassillac et Auberoche | 4,361 | 13 | A− | A− | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lempzours is a commune of 134 people in the Communauté de communes Périgord-Limousin. 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) · 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.