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With 320 residents, it is a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Population

320

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€9.90

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€26,000

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Paunat a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Paunat falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 30% of its housing. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Paunat stand out

The 2 things Paunat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

34% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 56.3. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Saint-Martial et abords · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Paunat’s story

Paunat in pictures

Paunat has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1956.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1956First protected: Église Saint-Martial et abords
1998Most recently protected: Maison dite La Recette

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paunat.

Who lives here

Paunat has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 count for 11% of the people here. Line up the people of Paunat by age and the one in the middle is 56.3.

56.3median age

PaunatDordogne medianFrance median

Dordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

34%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%

CAP or BEP29%

Baccalauréat23%

Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Paunat
	Paunat	Dordogne median	France median
Under 15	11%	13%	17%
15–24	6.5%	9%	11%
25–44	18%	18%	23%
45–64	30%	27%	26%
65+	34%	33%	22%
No diploma	14%	23%	19%
CAP or BEP	29%	28%	26%
Baccalauréat	23%	19%	18%
Higher education	24%	24%	30%

Full pagePaunat’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages56.3 median age · 34% are 65 or over Households150 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad13% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Paunat?”

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

History

Old homes shape Paunat: 32% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns

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

Paunat has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Martial et abords. The protected list starts in the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Église Saint-Martial et abords 12th–16th c.

12th c.

oldest protected part

1956

first monument protected

Full pagePaunat’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes32% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Paunat?”

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Paunat than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%

Half of residents lived on more than €26,000 a year per consumption unit, higher than Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Paunat counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Public transport took 2.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%

Public transport3%

On foot2%

Motorbike or scooter1%

Bicycle0%

jobs based in Paunat, 0.4 per working resident

12.1%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€26,000

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.4 per working resident Median income€26,000 a year · Median income per consumption unit

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Paunat is €9.90/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €9.19/m² a month. 13 houses and apartments changed hands in Paunat from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Paunat€9.90/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Dordogne median€10.18/m²

€9.90/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.07/m² a month)

€9.19/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pagePaunat’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€9.90/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Martial de Paunat and 5 more in and around Paunat

Heritage and museums in and near Paunat. Best known first.

All attractions →

ChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Martial de Paunatin town ChâteauChâteauManoir de Monpeyrat4.3 km northeast, in Le Bugue ChâteauChâteauManoir du Marais4.4 km southeast, in Saint-Chamassy ChâteauChâteauManoir de Perdigat4.8 km east, in Saint-Chamassy ChâteauChâteauChateau-De-Limeuil3.2 km southeast, in Limeuil Art galleryArt galleryChristian florio3.3 km southeast, in Limeuil

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Paunat

12pages on Paunat

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 17.9 mi away Work & commute50 jobs based here Housing13 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors2% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56.3 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Paunat has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →

Maison dite La RecetteHouse · 12th & 13th c.

Église Saint-Martial et abordsChurch · 12th–16th c.

Photo credits

Maison dite La Recette: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Martial et abords: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Paunat

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

How we find them →

Paunat’s neighbors

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

All towns in Dordogne →

Le BugueLalindeSanilhacSarlat-la-CanédaPaunat

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Paunat	320	—	—	—	—	—
Le Bugue	2,663	3.7	A⁻	B	A	C⁺
Lalinde	2,931	7.1	A⁻	B⁻	A⁻	C⁺
Sanilhac	4,757	16	A	B	A⁺	B
Sarlat-la-Canéda	8,763	18	C	B⁻	C	C

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

About Paunat

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Paunat is a commune of 320 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

Population: 320 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Département: Dordogne (24)
Région: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area: 6.9 sq mi (17.8 km²)
INSEE code: 24318

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.