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Liorac-sur-LouyreDordogne

The town has 259 residents and lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Liorac-sur-Louyre a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Liorac-sur-Louyre out for now. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.

What makes Liorac-sur-Louyre stand out

The 2 things Liorac-sur-Louyre does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Liorac-sur-Louyre’s story

Liorac-sur-Louyre in pictures

Liorac-sur-Louyre has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Château de Genthial
  • 1992Most recently protected: Château de Garraube
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Landmarks

Liorac-sur-Louyre has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Château de Genthial: Photo: Dominique Repérant · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Liorac-sur-Louyre.

Who lives here

Liorac-sur-Louyre has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 3.8% are 15 to 24

48.7median age

Degrees are held by a third of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.

Liorac-sur-LouyreDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Liorac-sur-Louyre
Liorac-sur-LouyreDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1518%13%17%
15–243.8%9%11%
25–4425%18%23%
45–6424%27%26%
65+29%33%22%
No diploma13%23%19%
CAP or BEP24%28%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education33%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Liorac-sur-Louyre keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 43% built before 1919

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Liorac-sur-Louyre is Église Saint-Martin. This Dordogne town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Liorac-sur-Louyre, 5.4%, runs below Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

17%walk, cycle or take transit

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 16.7% of commuters at the census. 50 jobs are based in Liorac-sur-Louyre, for 100 working residents (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income is €25,200 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Liorac-sur-Louyre, 0.3 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Liorac-sur-Louyre is €10.85/m² a month

€10.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Liorac-sur-Louyre.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Liorac-sur-Louyre€10.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€10.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.62 to €13.67/m² a month)
€8.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Liorac-sur-Louyre

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Nearby attractions

Château de Garraube and 10 more in and around Liorac-sur-Louyre

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Liorac-sur-Louyre. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Liorac-sur-Louyre

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Liorac-sur-Louyre as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Liorac-sur-Louyre

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Liorac-sur-Louyre is a commune of 259 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
259 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8 sq mi (20.7 km²)
INSEE code
24242

Liorac-sur-Louyre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Dordogne →
LalindeBergeracPrigonrieuxLamonzie-Saint-MartinLa ForceLe BugueLalindeBergeracPrigonrieuxLamonzie-Saint-MartinLa ForceLe BugueLiorac-sur-Louyre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Liorac-sur-Louyre259—————
Lalinde2,9316.2A−B−A−C+
Bergerac27,1108.3CBDB
Prigonrieux4,37412C+BA+D
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin2,74213—B+—C+
La Force2,70213—B—D
Le Bugue2,66314A−BAC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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 9, 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.