A tough set of grades. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 16 points below the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at D, better than 8% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Montpon-Ménestérol 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Montpon-Ménestérol loses more people than its age profile suggests, 107 per 100 expected, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 1,208 residents of Montpon-Ménestérol died, against 959 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Montpon-Ménestérol is Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande, 12.2 mi away. 6 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Montpon-Ménestérol · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande
19.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Montpon-Ménestérol skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
56.2median age
Graduates make up 18% of adults. Children under 15 make up 12%, below Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. In addition, the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%.
Montpon-MénestérolDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
Safety
Crime per resident in Montpon-Ménestérol is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
11.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Graded property crimes ran at 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11.4 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Montpon-Ménestérol (2,850 to 1,700): it draws people in from around. The town’s tally for 2025: 144 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage40
Family violence32
Burglary22
Other physical violence21
Sexual violence19
Vehicle theft10
Armed robbery0
Fraud44
Theft without violence38
Drug use28
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
144
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.6% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B+
Homes in Montpon-Ménestérol cost less than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,431/m²
€1,431/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.84/m² a month, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.25/m² a month. The market in Montpon-Ménestérol: 262 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montpon-Ménestérol€1,431/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,433/m²
257
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.93 to €12.22/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Isle Double Landais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Montpon-Ménestérol has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century. 8% of its homes were built before 1919, below Dordogne’s towns (12%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Montpon-Ménestérol are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.1%
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Households’ median disposable income: €22,880 a year per consumption unit. 4.3% of Montpon-Ménestérol’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,850
jobs based in Montpon-Ménestérol, 1.7 per working resident
18.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Paul Jouffrault: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 · André Jouffrault: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain
About Montpon-Ménestérol
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montpon-Ménestérol is a commune of 5,866 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
Population
5,866 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isle Double Landais
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
18 sq mi (46.6 km²)
INSEE code
24294
Montpon-Ménestérol’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
