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The town has 820 residents and lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Saud-Lacoussière has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 31% of homes here are second homes. The median sale price is €1,267/m². Two in five residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things Saint-Saud-Lacoussière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Saud-Lacoussière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte préhistorique du Cluzeau, in Villars, 7.2 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Saud-Lacoussière 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-Saud-Lacoussière.
6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Dordogne’s towns (9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. The middle age in Saint-Saud-Lacoussière is 60.5.
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-Saud-Lacoussière | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 7.4% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €23,070 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Saud-Lacoussière has 150 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 10.1% of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 69 homes in Saint-Saud-Lacoussière.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,267/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Saud-Lacoussière. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Saud-Lacoussière yet.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Saud-Lacoussière is a commune of 820 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
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-Saud-Lacoussière | 820 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nontron | 3,057 | 7.9 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Thiviers | 2,876 | 9.4 | 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) · 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.