School results are strong (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,331/m² takes 4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Périgord Ribéracois.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tocane-Saint-Apre 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 Tocane-Saint-Apre 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Donjon de Vernode · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tocane-Saint-Apre’s story
Tocane-Saint-Apre in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tocane-Saint-Apre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1886.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Alain de Fayolle, born in 1891, is the one person born in Tocane-Saint-Apre before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Tocane-Saint-Apre sees fewer deaths than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 75 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 304 deaths in Tocane-Saint-Apre from 2016 to 2025; there were 301, 1% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tocane-Saint-Apre is Polyclinique Francheville, 11.4 mi away. This Dordogne town has one family doctor. 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.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Tocane-Saint-Apre · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Francheville
11.8 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
Few people in Tocane-Saint-Apre are 15 to 24: 5.6%, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, close to Dordogne’s towns (33%) and above compared French towns (22%).
53.1median age
Tocane-Saint-ApreDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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+
Tocane-Saint-Apre has lower unemployment than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.2%
Jobs located in Tocane-Saint-Apre: 550, for 650 residents in work (0.9 each). 6.4% 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%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,910 a year.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Tocane-Saint-Apre, 0.9 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A home in Tocane-Saint-Apre sells for €1,331/m², less than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.37/m² a month, near Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.80/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 74 homes were sold in Tocane-Saint-Apre.
€1,331/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tocane-Saint-Apre€1,331/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,331/m²
74
€10.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.27 to €13.01/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,380
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Périgord Ribéracois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Tocane-Saint-Apre keeps more of its old housing than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tocane-Saint-Apre is Donjon de Vernode. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in the 18th century.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tocane-Saint-Apre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tocane-Saint-Apre
Is Tocane-Saint-Apre safe?
Tocane-Saint-Apre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Tocane-Saint-Apre good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tocane-Saint-Apre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tocane-Saint-Apre grades B+ for cost of living.
About Tocane-Saint-Apre
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tocane-Saint-Apre is a commune of 1,742 people in the Communauté de communes du Périgord Ribéracois. 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.
