Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 1 job per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well — 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too (C+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Mareuil en Périgord 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 Mareuil en Périgord 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 Mareuil en Périgord.
HousingCost of living A
A home in Mareuil en Périgord sells for €1,057/m², less than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Dronne et Belle. The estimated advertised rent is €9.10/m² a month, below Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Mareuil en Périgord from July 2023 to June 2026: 106 houses and apartments.
€1,057/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mareuil en Périgord€1,057/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,057/m²
106
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €11.69/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Dronne et Belle
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Mareuil en Périgord, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 6.8%. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
57.7median age
Mareuil en PérigordDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Mareuil en Périgord walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,440 a year. Mareuil en Périgord holds 850 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. 10.9% of the labour force were unemployed, between Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
850
jobs based in Mareuil en Périgord, 1 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Mareuil en Périgord is 20.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 511 residents of Mareuil en Périgord died, against 426 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. Its care home for older people (100 places) counts its residents as Mareuil en Périgord’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Mareuil en Périgord can choose among 3 GPs. At birth, a girl in Dordogne can expect 85.2 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Mareuil en Périgord · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
19.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre Clinical Sa
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mareuil en Périgord keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 31% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Mareuil en Périgord is Grotte préhistorique dite de Fronsac. Per 10,000 residents, Mareuil en Périgord counts 86 protected monuments, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (5.4) and compared French towns (2.5). The town has 20 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 15 inscrit, the second level.
Église de Saint-Pardoux: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gisement en grotte de la Font-Bargeix: Photo: Rudolf Pohl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Mareuil en Périgord
4 notable people were born in Mareuil en Périgord.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mareuil en Périgord
Is Mareuil en Périgord safe?
Mareuil en Périgord has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Mareuil en Périgord expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mareuil en Périgord grades A for cost of living.
About Mareuil en Périgord
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mareuil en Périgord is a commune of 2,326 people in the Communauté de communes Dronne et Belle. 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.
