Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is its weak spot (D) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. School results trail most towns: brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Vélines 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 Vélines 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Vélines than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,520 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 12.3%.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Vélines, 0.8 per working resident
12.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Vélines sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 88 in Dordogne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 104 residents of Vélines died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Women in Dordogne live to 85.2 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vélines · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Libourne Antenne de Ste Foy la Grande
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Vélines 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.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Vélines, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Vélines hold a degree than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 21%
Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents.
46.9median age
VélinesDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vélines
Is Vélines safe?
Vélines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Vélines good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Vélines
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vélines is a commune of 1,104 people in the Communauté de communes de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson. 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
1,104 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Montaigne Montravel et Gurson
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.
