There are no grades for Saint-Martial-de-Valette: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. The median home sells for €1,031/m². People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
What makes Saint-Martial-de-Valette stand out
The 2 things Saint-Martial-de-Valette does most differently from other towns.
Église Saint-Martial: Photo: Rudolf Pohl · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martial-de-Valette.
Who lives here
Saint-Martial-de-Valette has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2% are 15 to 24
52.7median age
One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Half the people of Saint-Martial-de-Valette are older than 52.7.
Saint-Martial-de-ValetteDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
Old homes shape Saint-Martial-de-Valette: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Martial-de-Valette; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Saint-Martial-de-Valette walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Saint-Martial-de-Valette holds 300 jobs; 350 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 8.9%, below Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,310 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
300
jobs based in Saint-Martial-de-Valette, 0.9 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,310
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
Schools
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
100%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Martial-de-Valette, 94.5% passed the bac, near Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Martial-de-Valette than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.10/m² a month
€1,031/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.57/m² a month. The market in Saint-Martial-de-Valette: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Martial-de-Valette€1,031/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,031/m²
30
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €11.69/m² a month)
€6.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Saint-Martial-de-Valette is a commune of 803 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
803 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Périgord Nontronnais
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.3 km²)
INSEE code
24451
Saint-Martial-de-Valette’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
