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This town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 4,757.
A solid town with one catch. Police record less crime here than in most towns (A+): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Most journeys need a car (C−): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,800/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. The overall grade lands at A, #5 of 27 in Dordogne. It comes out better than 89% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sanilhac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sanilhac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Sanilhac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Lanterne des morts, in Boulazac Isle Manoire, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sanilhac.
For 2025, the figures show 46 offenses in Sanilhac. The town comes 2nd of the 27 compared towns in Dordogne on the Safety Grade. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sanilhac (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
6.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 2,100 residents in work, Sanilhac has 1,400 jobs: 0.7 each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,470 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.85/m² a month, between Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 169 houses and apartments changed hands in Sanilhac from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,898/m² | 143 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Dordogne can expect 85.2 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 472 deaths in Sanilhac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 468: 1% above. Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Sanilhac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The town has 6 family doctors.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
25% of residents are 65 or over, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sanilhac | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sanilhac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sanilhac yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilhac | 4,757 | — | A | B | A+ | B |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire | 10,759 | 3.1 | A | B | A− | A− |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers | 7,832 | 4.2 | B− | B− | B | B− |
| Périgueux | 29,055 | 4.5 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Trélissac | 7,372 | 5.5 | B+ | B | B | B− |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle | 3,187 | 5.6 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Champcevinel | 3,126 | 6.3 | A | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 27 in Dordogne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sanilhac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sanilhac is a commune of 4,757 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. 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) · 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 4, 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.