Nontron’s strongest is cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The town’s overall grade of A+ puts it better than 96% of compared French towns, #2 of 27 in Dordogne. Safety is another plus (A−): an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Nontron 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 Nontron.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Nontron cost less than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €991/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.20/m² a month, below Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.22/m² a month.
€991/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nontron€991/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€990/m²
124
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €11.83/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Nontron: 35% are 65 or over, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: 8.8% of residents. 12% are under 15, below both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 21% have a degree.
54.9median age
NontronDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Nontron than in 84% of compared French towns
Nontron has 2,700 jobs for 1,150 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, 51 offenses were recorded locally. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Other physical violence16
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence13
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
51
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.0%
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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and 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, 13.0% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. 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.
HealthHealth B+
Nontron is 23.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Nontron. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 81 per 100 expected, below Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 612 residents of Nontron died, against 603 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. 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.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Nontron · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
23.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
23.6 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
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #6 of 27 in Dordogne. Near Nontron, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
100%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Nontron has 2.4 jobs for every resident in work
16.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €23,610 a year per consumption unit, close to Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 11.4% are unemployed.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot14%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
2,700
jobs based in Nontron, 2.4 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1991
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, above Dordogne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
18th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected
1991
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Pierre-François Chabaneau: Lascuráin, Public domain · Camille Chabaneau: Fernand Desmoulin, Public domain · Alcide Dusolier: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jules de Verneilh: Inconnu (1903), Public domain · Thomas Dusolier: Mayer et Pierson, Public domain · Alfred Lavergne: Alfred Lavergne, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nontron’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Nontron
Is Nontron safe?
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 27 in Dordogne.
Are schools in Nontron good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #6 of 27 in Dordogne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 82 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Alcide Dusolier in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Nontron expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nontron grades A for cost of living.
About Nontron
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nontron is a commune of 3,057 people in the Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais. 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.
