Val de Louyre et Caudeau’s weakest is walkability: 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,859/m² takes 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. 31% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Val de Louyre et Caudeau 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 Val de Louyre et Caudeau 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 Val de Louyre et Caudeau.
Who lives here
Few people in Val de Louyre et Caudeau are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
A third of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 30% of adults.
55.2median age
Val de Louyre et CaudeauDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer people in Val de Louyre et Caudeau are out of work than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.0%
At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Val de Louyre et Caudeau: 600, for 600 residents in work (0.9 each). Households’ median disposable income: €23,030 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Val de Louyre et Caudeau, 0.9 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Val de Louyre et Caudeau is 15.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Val de Louyre et Caudeau records 96 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The town has 3 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Dordogne can expect 85.2 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 243 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 306, 26% more.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Val de Louyre et Caudeau · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Francheville
16.2 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
Val de Louyre et Caudeau is rich in protected monuments: 38 per 10,000 residents, more than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Val de Louyre et Caudeau, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Since 1994, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. 35% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Dordogne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
6historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit6
10th c.
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected
1994
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Val de Louyre et Caudeau sell for a median €1,859/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.34/m² a month, higher than Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 60 houses and apartments changed hands in Val de Louyre et Caudeau from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,859/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val de Louyre et Caudeau€1,859/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,845/m²
59
€11.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €14.33/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Saint-Maurice: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de La Pommerie: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: Nicolas M · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Val de Louyre et Caudeau
One notable person was born in Val de Louyre et Caudeau.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val de Louyre et Caudeau
Is Val de Louyre et Caudeau safe?
Val de Louyre et Caudeau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val de Louyre et Caudeau expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val de Louyre et Caudeau grades B− for cost of living.
About Val de Louyre et Caudeau
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Val de Louyre et Caudeau is a commune of 1,585 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
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.
