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1,038 residents make their home in this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths (B+) — 1.7 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,135/m², so 70 m² costs 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. Schools are weaker too: bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes 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-Laurent-des-Vignes 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.
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Bergerac, 2.7 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes 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-Laurent-des-Vignes.
Unemployment is 9.8%. At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,710 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
77 deaths in Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 21% below. Average lifespans in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes is Centre hospitalier Samuel Pozzi, 2.9 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.5 mi away. At the general lycée, 92% of 425 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Eugène Le RoyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 91%+7 pts |
| Lycée Maine de BiranNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 425 | 92%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Sud-Périgord Hélène DucBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 58 | 90%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%. Also worth knowing: among adults, 23% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,135/m²: 32 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,135/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du vin et de la batellerie4 km northeast, in BergeracMuseumMuseumChâteau de Monbazillac4.8 km southeast, in MonbazillacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lespinassat3.7 km east, in BergeracMuseumMuseumMusée d'anthropologie du Tabac4 km northeast, in BergeracChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montcuq2.8 km southwest, in PomportPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes yet.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes is a commune of 1,038 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. 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-Laurent-des-Vignes | 1,038 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Bergerac | 27,110 | 2.6 | C | B | D | B |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin | 2,742 | 3.1 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Prigonrieux | 4,374 | 3.4 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| La Force | 2,702 | 5 | — | B | — | D |
| Pineuilh Gironde | 4,490 | 11 | B | C+ | C | A+ |
| Eymet | 2,569 | 11 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,135/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes grades B for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.