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OrliacDordogne

A town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 43 people.

Is Orliac a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Orliac falls below the line for grades. 57% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Orliac stand out

The one thing Orliac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Matthieu
Église Saint-Matthieu · Inscrit · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
Orliac’s story

Orliac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Orliac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1951First protected: Église Saint-Matthieu
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orliac.

History

Orliac keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 31% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Orliac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1951
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Orliac than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 24% of the town, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 23% have a degree. The middle age in Orliac is 52.3.

52.3median age
OrliacDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat7%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Orliac
OrliacDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1510%13%17%
15–2410%9%11%
25–4414%18%23%
45–6441%27%26%
65+24%33%22%
No diploma27%23%19%
CAP or BEP38%28%26%
Baccalauréat7.5%19%18%
Higher education23%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 4.3% of commuters in Orliac go to work without a car, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 8.0%, below both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 21.7% of working residents in Orliac at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
Public transport4%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Orliac, 0.3 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
22%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Orliac than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.97/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Orliac recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.97/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Orliac€8.97/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €11.66/m² a month)
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Orliac

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Landmarks

Orliac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Matthieu: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0

Famous people from Orliac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Orliac yet.

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Orliac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Sarlat-la-CanédaLe BugueGourdonFumelPrayssacMontayralSarlat-la-CanédaLe BugueGourdonFumelPrayssacMontayralOrliac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Orliac43—————
Sarlat-la-Canéda8,76314CB−CC
Le Bugue2,66315A−BAC+
Gourdon Lot4,20616B+A−CC+
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,69016C−AC−C
Prayssac Lot2,51916CB−CB+
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,65417B+AAB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Orliac

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Orliac is a commune of 43 people in the Communauté de communes de Domme-Villefranche du 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

Population
43 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Domme-Villefranche du Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.8 km²)
INSEE code
24313

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.