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VendoireDordogne

This town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 135.

Is Vendoire a good place to live?

Vendoire is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 36% of its homes are second homes. 30% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Vendoire stand out

The 2 things Vendoire does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption · Inscrit · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vendoire’s story

Vendoire in pictures

Vendoire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vendoire.

Who lives here

Vendoire has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 20% of adults. At 53.8, the median resident of Vendoire sits in the middle of the age range.

53.8median age
VendoireDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vendoire
VendoireDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1513%13%17%
15–245.9%9%11%
25–4419%18%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+30%33%22%
No diploma25%23%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education20%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Vendoire: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Vendoire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Vendoire has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each

Half of residents lived on more than €22,940 a year per consumption unit, near Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 17.0% of Vendoire’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 10.3%.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Vendoire, 0.4 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
17%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vendoire than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.10/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

2 houses and apartments changed hands in Vendoire from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.10/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vendoire€9.10/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €11.69/m² a month)
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vendoire

12pages on Vendoire

Landmarks

Vendoire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Vendoire

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vendoire yet.

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Vendoire’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Dordogne →
RibéracLa CouronneSoyauxRoullet-Saint-EstèpheMagnac-sur-TouvreAngoulêmeRibéracLa CouronneSoyauxRoullet-Saint-EstèpheMagnac-sur-TouvreAngoulêmeVendoire
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vendoire135—————
Ribérac3,73412C+AC−C+
La Couronne Charente7,76516CBDC+
Soyaux Charente10,08716C+BC−C+
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe Charente4,35717B+B+A+B
Magnac-sur-Touvre Charente3,25517AA−A+A−
Angoulême Charente41,90817C+BD−B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Vendoire

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Vendoire is a commune of 135 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

Population
135 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Périgord Ribéracois
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
24569

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 November 4, 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.