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2,771 people live in this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A town with more to fix than most. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 13.2 recorded violent incidents and 25.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Mussidan a D overall, better than 12% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car (A−): nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Mussidan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mussidan 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mussidan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte de Las Agnelas ou de Gabillou, in Sourzac, 0.9 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 Mussidan.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 118 offenses in Mussidan in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Mussidan ranks 26th of the 27 compared towns in Dordogne. With 1,200 jobs for 800 working residents, Mussidan draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 2.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Among adults, 18% have a degree. 13% are under 15, about level with Dordogne’s towns (13%) and below compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
| Mussidan | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #24 of 27 in Dordogne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les ChâtenadesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 82%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,313/m², comes from 123 sales of houses and apartments in Mussidan from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 90% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,339/m² | 111 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Mussidan records 100 deaths per 100 expected. 603 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 474: 27% above. The nearest emergency department to Mussidan is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 14.1 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Median disposable income comes to €21,600 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 5.3% of Mussidan’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Mussidan didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Mussidan. Best known first.
Nothing in Mussidan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Mussidan.
Michel de Beaupuy: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Auguste Chastanet: Club céramique Mussidan Francis Pralong, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis Philippe Maine: davric, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mussidan | 2,771 | — | D | A− | D | C− |
| Neuvic | 3,687 | 6.6 | A− | A | B+ | B |
| Montpon-Ménestérol | 5,866 | 9.9 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Saint-Astier | 5,376 | 11 | B+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| La Force | 2,702 | 11 | — | B | — | D |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 12 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 14 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #24 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,313/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mussidan grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mussidan is a commune of 2,771 people in the Communauté de communes Isle et Crempse en 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
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.