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Sarliac-sur-l'IsleDordogne

A town of 1,054 in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Sarliac-sur-l'Isle a good place to live?

Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median price paid is €1,762/m².

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sarliac-sur-l'Isle 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.

What makes Sarliac-sur-l'Isle stand out

The one thing Sarliac-sur-l'Isle does most differently from other towns.

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How Sarliac-sur-l'Isle grades

Each subject compares Sarliac-sur-l'Isle 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.

How grading works

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Jobs & income11.2% unemploymentDOpen →Walkability42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workDOpen →HealthAmong the weakest of the towns comparedC−Open →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesA−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Château de la Bonnetie
Château de la Bonnetie · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sarliac-sur-l'Isle’s story

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1947.

  • 1947First protected: Château de la Bonnetie
  • 2014Most recently protected: Monument aux morts de la guerre1914-1918, situé au carrefou…
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle is harder to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns

4.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,370 a year per consumption unit, above Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle didn’t travel to work at all.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, 0.3 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C−

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 82% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

From 2016 to 2025, 84 residents of Sarliac-sur-l'Isle died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Sarliac-sur-l'Isle records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Sarliac-sur-l'Isle is Centre hospitalier de Perigueux, 7.4 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Dordogne is 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.

+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
7.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.

HousingCost of living A−

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.20/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 37 homes in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle.

€1,762/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle€1,762/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,762/m²37
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €11.22/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle: 4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, lower than Dordogne’s towns (12%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%). The protected list starts in prehistory.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit4
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1947
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

The share of residents under 15 is 16%. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, higher than Dordogne’s towns (9%) and near compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.

46.4median age
Sarliac-sur-l'IsleDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle
Sarliac-sur-l'IsleDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1516%13%17%
15–2411%9%11%
25–4421%18%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+24%33%22%
No diploma15%23%19%
CAP or BEP35%28%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education23%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Nearby attractions

Château de la Bonnetie and 6 more in and around Sarliac-sur-l'Isle

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sarliac-sur-l'Isle. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sarliac-sur-l'Isle

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de Grézignac: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Bonnetie: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Sarliac-sur-l'Isle

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sarliac-sur-l'Isle yet.

How we find them →

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Dordogne →
Bassillac et AuberocheTrélissacChampcevinelBoulazac Isle ManoirePérigueuxCoulounieix-ChamiersBassillac et AuberocheTrélissacChampcevinelBoulazac Isle ManoirePérigueuxCoulounieix-ChamiersSarliac-sur-l'Isle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sarliac-sur-l'Isle1,054——A−—C−
Bassillac et Auberoche4,3614.4A−A−A+C
Trélissac7,3725.6B+BBB−
Champcevinel3,1267ABA+A−
Boulazac Isle Manoire10,7597.3ABA−A−
Périgueux29,0558.1C+B+DB−
Coulounieix-Chamiers7,8329.7B−B−BB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Sarliac-sur-l'Isle

Is Sarliac-sur-l'Isle safe?

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Sarliac-sur-l'Isle expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sarliac-sur-l'Isle grades A− for cost of living.

About Sarliac-sur-l'Isle

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Sarliac-sur-l'Isle is a commune of 1,054 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

Population
1,054 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.9 sq mi (10 km²)
INSEE code
24521

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.