Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1 job per working resident; 12.7% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Salignac-Eyvigues 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 Salignac-Eyvigues 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.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Salignac-Eyvigues: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean Léon Clerjounie, born in 1837, is the one person born in Salignac-Eyvigues before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1947First protected: Église Saint-loup d'Eybenes
2016Most recently protected: Château ou manoir d'Eyrignac
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Salignac-Eyvigues: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Château du Claux: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Salignac: Photo: Original téléversé par Franzwa sur Wikipédia français . · Public domain · Église Saint-loup d'Eybenes: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château ou manoir d'Eyrignac: Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salignac-Eyvigues.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Salignac-Eyvigues: 40% are 65 or over, above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
58.8median age
11% are under 15, below both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.2% of residents. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
Salignac-EyviguesDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Salignac-Eyvigues walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 12.7%, close to Dordogne’s towns (12.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Salignac-Eyvigues holds 400 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. 7.3% of Salignac-Eyvigues’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
400
jobs based in Salignac-Eyvigues, 1 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Salignac-Eyvigues run higher than in 75% of compared French towns
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Dordogne: 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Salignac-Eyvigues records 98 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). 344 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 245: 41% above. The nearest emergency department to Salignac-Eyvigues is Centre hospitalier de Sarlat, 6.9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Salignac-Eyvigues · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarlat
17.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Salignac-Eyvigues’s median home price is €1,734/m²
€1,734/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.63/m² a month, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 42 homes were sold in Salignac-Eyvigues. House rents are put at about €9.86/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salignac-Eyvigues€1,734/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,734/m²
42
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.61 to €13.13/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Salignac-Eyvigues is rich in protected monuments: 42 per 10,000 residents, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Salignac-Eyvigues: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Château du Claux. The protected list starts in the 12th century. Houses and mansions, 4 of the 5, make up the bulk.
Salignac-Eyvigues is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon. 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
1,184 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Fénelon
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.5 km²)
INSEE code
24516
Salignac-Eyvigues’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salignac-Eyvigues
Is Salignac-Eyvigues safe?
Salignac-Eyvigues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Salignac-Eyvigues expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salignac-Eyvigues grades B for cost of living.
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.
