Payzac isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for a fifth of homes. It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Payzac stand out
The 3 things Payzac does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Payzac.
Who lives here
Payzac has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (22%). 11% of residents are children under 15.
58.2median age
PayzacDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
History
Payzac keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Payzac is Granges ovales jumelles de Vaux. This Dordogne town has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level. Farm buildings, 4 of the 7, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Payzac run lower than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €21,660 a year per consumption unit
Payzac holds 250 jobs; 350 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. 6.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Of those in the labour force, 10.7% are unemployed.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Payzac, 0.7 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Homes in Payzac sell for a median €1,343/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.87/m² a month, near Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.15/m² a month. Payzac recorded 39 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,343/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Payzac€1,343/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,343/m²
39
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.89 to €12.35/m² a month)
€7.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Granges ovales jumelles de Vaux: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église de la Transfiguration: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont de Laveyra sur l'Auvézère: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grange ovale du Peyrat: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Payzac
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Payzac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Payzac
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Payzac is a commune of 984 people in the Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère 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
Population
984 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord
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.
