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544 people call this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Saint-Jory-de-Chalais out for now. 22% of its homes are second homes. A third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Jory-de-Chalais does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jory-de-Chalais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré ou ancienne abbaye, in Saint-Jean-de-Côle, 5.7 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jory-de-Chalais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jory-de-Chalais.
Children under 15 make up 12%, below Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 33% of residents. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Saint-Jory-de-Chalais | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
13.9% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Jory-de-Chalais has 200 jobs for 200 working residents, 1.2 per worker. At the census, 7.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Jory-de-Chalais: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Jory-de-Chalais yet.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Jory-de-Chalais is a commune of 544 people in the Communauté de communes Périgord-Limousin. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jory-de-Chalais | 544 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thiviers | 2,876 | 5.1 | A | A | B+ | C |
| Nontron | 3,057 | 12 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Haute-Vienne | 6,830 | 15 | A− | A | B | C |
| Brantôme en Périgord | 3,763 | 15 | A+ | B | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 November 8, 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.