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A town of 1,282 in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Thenon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 13.2% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Thenon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thenon 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Thenon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Bauzens, in Ajat, 3 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thenon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,485/m², below both Dordogne’s towns (€1,680/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Thenon recorded 40 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.76/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,485/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Dordogne’s towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are a third of the population. The middle age in Thenon is 53.7.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Thenon | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Suzanne LacoreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 86%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,040 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (43 places) counts its residents as Thenon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. In Dordogne, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 204 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 222, 9% more.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Thenon. Best known first.
Nothing in Thenon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Thenon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thenon | 1,282 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Montignac-Lascaux | 2,762 | 6.7 | B− | B− | A | C− |
| Bassillac et Auberoche | 4,361 | 10 | A− | A− | A+ | C |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu | 6,218 | 11 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire | 10,759 | 15 | A | B | A− | A− |
| Trélissac | 7,372 | 15 | B+ | B | B | B− |
| Sanilhac | 4,757 | 17 | A | B | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Thenon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 500 jobs for 400 working residents, Thenon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thenon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Thenon is a commune of 1,282 people in the Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. 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 October 30, 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.