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1,773 residents make their home in this town in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Vergt 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.
The one thing Vergt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vergt 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.
Vergt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vergt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Lanterne des morts, in Boulazac Isle Manoire, 7.8 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vergt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des trois ValléesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 74%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 257 residents of Vergt died, against 216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Vergt is Polyclinique Francheville, 10.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Vergt can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Dordogne is 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.91/m² a month, about level with Dordogne’s towns (€10.18/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments. Sales in Vergt from July 2023 to June 2026: 66 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,348/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 16% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, lower than Dordogne’s towns (33%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Vergt | Dordogne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 33% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (11.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €22,940 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.8% of working residents in Vergt didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vergt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Vergt.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergt | 1,773 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Sanilhac | 4,757 | 6.5 | A | B | A+ | B |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire | 10,759 | 9.5 | A | B | A− | A− |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers | 7,832 | 10 | B− | B− | B | B− |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle | 3,187 | 11 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Périgueux | 29,055 | 11 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Trélissac | 7,372 | 12 | B+ | B | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vergt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vergt grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vergt is a commune of 1,773 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.