Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,521 residents in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Mensignac’s best grade is for cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,732/m².
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. Mensignac 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 2 things Mensignac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mensignac 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.
Mensignac 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 Mensignac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Lisle, 3.8 mi away.
15% 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 Mensignac.
Unemployment stood at 8.2%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.8% of working residents in Mensignac at the census. Median disposable income comes to €24,350 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.37/m² a month, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Mensignac: 55 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,732/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 16% are under 15, above Dordogne’s towns (13%) but below compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Mensignac | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
121 deaths in Mensignac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 137: 12% below. The nearest emergency department to Mensignac is Polyclinique Francheville, 8.3 mi away. In Dordogne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Mensignac 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 Mensignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mensignac | 1,521 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Chancelade | 4,468 | 4.9 | A− | B+ | A− | B− |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle | 3,187 | 5.3 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Saint-Astier | 5,376 | 5.7 | B+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers | 7,832 | 7.2 | B− | B− | B | B− |
| Périgueux | 29,055 | 8.2 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Champcevinel | 3,126 | 8.4 | A | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mensignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mensignac grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mensignac is a commune of 1,521 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. 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.