Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Schools do well: bac results 9 points above the expected rate; brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at A, #4 of 27 in Dordogne. That leaves it better than 90% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Thiviers 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thiviers.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Thiviers than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 94.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Thiviers, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s schools place #2 of 27 in Dordogne on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
A home in Thiviers sells for €1,078/m², less than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Thiviers is the second cheapest of the 29 towns in Dordogne, at €1,078/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €8.98/m² a month, below both Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.75/m² a month.
€1,078/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thiviers€1,078/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,093/m²
114
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.02 to €11.49/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Périgord-Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Thiviers are 65 or over, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
12% are under 15, below Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. Half the people of Thiviers are older than 54.3.
54.3median age
ThiviersDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Safety
Less crime per resident in Thiviers than in 71% of compared French towns
Thiviers has 1,850 jobs for 900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, 39 offenses were recorded here. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.2. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence13
Sexual violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence14
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.
6.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Thiviers run higher than in 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
624 deaths in Thiviers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 544: 15% above. Its two care homes for older people (122 places) count their residents as Thiviers’; allowing for them, deaths were 5% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Thiviers is Chu Limoges Antenne Smur Au Ch St Yrieix la Perche, 15.2 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Dordogne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Thiviers · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Limoges Antenne Smur Au Ch St Yrieix la Perche
18.1 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
More people in Thiviers are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.5%
The median disposable income was €22,360 a year per consumption unit, below Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Thiviers went to work by public transport.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot12%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,850
jobs based in Thiviers, 2 per working resident
18.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Thiviers: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Thiviers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1994. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
1994
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Henri Mège: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain · Albert Emmanuel Theulier: Thrs 24, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Théodore Noël Dupeyrat: A. Noël du Payrat, CC BY-SA 4.0
Thiviers’ 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 Thiviers
Is Thiviers safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #15 of 27 in Dordogne.
Are schools in Thiviers good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns and #2 of 27 in Dordogne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Thiviers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thiviers grades A for cost of living.
About Thiviers
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Thiviers is a commune of 2,876 people in the Communauté de communes Périgord-Limousin. 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
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.
