Saint-Cyprien’s schools beat most: brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,655/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Cyprien 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 Saint-Cyprien 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Cyprien than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.8% are under 15
Those 65 and older account for 36% of residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Dordogne’s towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Saint-Cyprien by age and the one in the middle is 56.3.
56.3median age
Saint-CyprienDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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 B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Cyprien than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.36/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,655/m², comes from 86 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Cyprien from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.76/m² a month.
€1,655/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Cyprien€1,655/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,799/m²
74
€9.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.64 to €11.47/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.76/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 C
Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Cyprien, 94 per 100, but more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 260 deaths in Saint-Cyprien between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 245: 6% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Cyprien is Centre hospitalier de Sarlat, 9.2 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Cyprien · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
26.7 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
Money is tighter in Saint-Cyprien than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,360 a year per consumption unit
8.9% of Saint-Cyprien’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 11.5%, between Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
800
jobs based in Saint-Cyprien, 1.3 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,360
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 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Cyprien keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1997. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Cyprien counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Cyprien. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Cyprien
Is Saint-Cyprien safe?
Saint-Cyprien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 600 working residents, Saint-Cyprien draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Saint-Cyprien good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Cyprien expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,655/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Cyprien grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Cyprien
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Cyprien is a commune of 1,580 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
1,580 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
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.
