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Home to 1,928 people, this town lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Ménesplet’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot: brevet results 16 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. It lags on health as well (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (D−) — 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ménesplet 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 one thing Ménesplet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ménesplet 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.
Ménesplet 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 Ménesplet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, 3.9 mi away.
12% 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 Ménesplet.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 12.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 74%−16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
3.3% 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%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,150 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 177 deaths in Ménesplet from 2016 to 2025; there were 186, 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Ménesplet is Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande, 12.8 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Dordogne is 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ménesplet | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.06/m² a month, close to Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.60/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 59 houses and apartments changed hands in Ménesplet from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,599/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Ménesplet 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 Ménesplet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménesplet | 1,928 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Montpon-Ménestérol | 5,866 | 2.7 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 3,167 | 5.3 | B | B | B | B− |
| La Roche-Chalais | 3,060 | 10 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
| Coutras Gironde | 8,678 | 11 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt | 2,520 | 12 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
| Mussidan | 2,771 | 13 | D | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ménesplet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ménesplet grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ménesplet is a commune of 1,928 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.