Vézac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 31% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 34% of residents.
What makes Vézac stand out
The 2 things Vézac does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vézac.
Who lives here
Vézac has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. Typical age in Vézac: 55.6, the median.
55.6median age
VézacDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
History
3 historic monuments in Vézac, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Vézac has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1995. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in the town is Grotte du Roc.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Vézac, 15.8%, runs above Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
For its 200 residents in work, Vézac has 250 jobs: 1.4 each. 4.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €24,340 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
250
jobs based in Vézac, 1.4 per working resident
15.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
98% of candidates passed the bac at Lycée Joséphine Baker, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 86% of 90 candidates passed the bac pro. The bac pass rate near Vézac is 94.9%, near Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 3.7 mi away.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Vézac
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vézac is a commune of 533 people in the Communauté de communes Sarlat-Périgord Noir. 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.
