Pays de Belvès’s strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pays de Belvès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pays de Belvès 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.
Église Notre-Dame de Moncucq: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de la Mairie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Tour de l'Hôpital: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour dite de l'Auditoire: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pays de Belvès.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Pays de Belvès: 41% are 65 or over, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
60.2median age
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.1% of residents. Children under 15 make up 11%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Pays de Belvès has a median age of 60.2.
Pays de BelvèsDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Pays de Belvès cost less than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,281/m²
€1,281/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.62/m² a month, below Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 55 homes in Pays de Belvès. Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.58/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pays de Belvès€1,281/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,281/m²
55
€8.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.05 to €10.54/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,580
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Pays de Belvès loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 78 per 100 expected, below Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 299 residents of Pays de Belvès died, against 281 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Pays de Belvès is Centre hospitalier de Sarlat, 14 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pays de Belvès · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
25.5 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
Old homes shape Pays de Belvès: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
9historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 69 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Pays de Belvès. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2008. On the Culture ministry’s list, Pays de Belvès counts 9 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église Notre-Dame de Moncucq.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Pays de Belvès run lower than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,400 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
Pays de Belvès holds 800 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 1.9 jobs each. A tenth of the labour force are out of work. No commute at all: 9.0% of working residents in the town at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot9%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
800
jobs based in Pays de Belvès, 1.9 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Pays de Belvès is a commune of 1,298 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. 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
1,298 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
12.2 sq mi (31.6 km²)
INSEE code
24035
Pays de Belvès’ 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 Pays de Belvès
Is Pays de Belvès safe?
Pays de Belvès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pays de Belvès good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pays de Belvès expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pays de Belvès grades A for cost of living.
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.
