Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment. Second homes make up 16% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Piégut-Pluviers 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 Piégut-Pluviers 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.
Tour de Piégut: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Etienne de Pluviers: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Piégut-Pluviers.
Who lives here
An older town: 41% of people in Piégut-Pluviers are 65 or over, more than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
59.6median age
4.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Piégut-Pluviers in two is 59.6.
Piégut-PluviersDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Piégut-Pluviers than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.28/m² a month
€1,067/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,067/m², below Dordogne’s towns (€1,680/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Piégut-Pluviers from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Piégut-Pluviers€1,067/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,067/m²
59
€8.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.49 to €10.56/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Piégut-Pluviers is 20.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Piégut-Pluviers records 103 deaths per 100 expected, above both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). There are 3 general practitioners here. Average lifespans in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 232, 3% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Piégut-Pluviers · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
20.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Piégut-Pluviers keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Piégut-Pluviers; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Piégut-Pluviers run lower than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €22,280 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
13.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.9% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
450
jobs based in Piégut-Pluviers, 1.2 per working resident
13.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Piégut-Pluviers is a commune of 1,180 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
Population
1,180 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.7 km²)
INSEE code
24328
Piégut-Pluviers’ 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 Piégut-Pluviers
Is Piégut-Pluviers safe?
Piégut-Pluviers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Piégut-Pluviers good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Piégut-Pluviers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Piégut-Pluviers 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.
