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With 144 residents, it is a town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil has none. 19% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Mareuil, in Mareuil en Périgord, 1.5 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil.
Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Dordogne’s towns (13%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €22,170 a year per consumption unit. Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 1 per worker. A fifth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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 Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil | 144 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nontron | 3,057 | 13 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Brantôme en Périgord | 3,763 | 13 | A+ | B | A+ | B+ |
| Ribérac | 3,734 | 15 | C+ | A | C− | C+ |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre Charente | 3,255 | 17 | A | A− | A+ | A− |
| Soyaux Charente | 10,087 | 17 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 5,682 | 18 | A− | B | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil is a commune of 144 people in the Communauté de communes Dronne et Belle. 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
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 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.