Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too (C−): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over two in five homes here are second homes.
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. Les Eyzies 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.
Each subject compares Les Eyzies 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 Les Eyzies.
Who lives here
Les Eyzies has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7% are 15 to 24
30% of adults hold a degree, above Dordogne’s towns (24%) and close to compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 12% of the population here. The 65-and-over age group makes up a third of residents.
55median age
Les EyziesDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Les Eyzies are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.1%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,850 a year. 7.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
500
jobs based in Les Eyzies, 1.1 per working resident
13.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A home in Les Eyzies sells for €1,389/m², less than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
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). House rents are put at about €8.76/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 59 homes were sold in Les Eyzies.
€1,389/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Eyzies€1,389/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,743/m²
43
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.07/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.76/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
More protected monuments for its size in Les Eyzies than in Dordogne or compared French towns: 265 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2008. On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Eyzies counts 30 historic monuments: 21 classé at the top level of protection and 9 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Abri à sculpture dit Abri du Poisson et abri Lartet. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Les Eyzies has a lower adjusted death rate than 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Eyzies records 85 deaths per 100 expected, near both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). 135 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 159: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Les Eyzies is Centre hospitalier de Sarlat, 10.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Les Eyzies · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
22.1 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
Abri à sculpture dit Abri du Poisson et abri Lartet: Photo: Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Abri de Cro-Magnon: Photo: 120 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gisement de la Micoque: Photo: Sémhur · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gisement de Laugerie-Basse: Photo: This Photo was taken by croucrou / Sylvain Crouzillat Cette Photo a été prise par croucrou / Sylvain Crouzillat More pictures in my personal gallery Plus de photos dans ma galerie personnelle Plus d'info sur moi sur mon site web | www.sylvain-crouzillat.c · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Eyzies
Is Les Eyzies safe?
Les Eyzies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Les Eyzies expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Eyzies grades B+ for cost of living.
About Les Eyzies
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Eyzies is a commune of 1,134 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.
