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VillacDordogne

Home to 295 people, this town lies in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Villac a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Villac is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 37% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 33% of residents.

What makes Villac stand out

The 2 things Villac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Maison Salviat
Maison Salviat · Inscrit · Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0
Villac’s story

Villac in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Villac; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1979First protected: Maison Salviat
  • 2016Most recently protected: Domaine Le Noyer
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villac.

Who lives here

Villac has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below Dordogne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Villac has a median age of 54.6 years.

54.6median age
VillacDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villac
VillacDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1513%13%17%
15–245.8%9%11%
25–4417%18%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+33%33%22%
No diploma16%23%19%
CAP or BEP34%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education22%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Villac: 42% 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.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Villac; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in prehistory.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit4
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Villac, 7.1%, runs below Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns

Per resident in work, Villac counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.3% of commuters at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €24,190 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Motorbike or scooter4%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Villac, 0.3 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
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 Villac than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.69/m² a month

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

14 houses and apartments changed hands in Villac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.69/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villac€8.69/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.00 to €10.80/m² a month)
€8.67/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 Villac

12pages on Villac

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Villac; none is classé, France’s top protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Waast: Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison Salviat: Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Villac

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Villac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Villac’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 →
Terrasson-LavilledieuObjatMontignac-LascauxSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheAllassacUssacTerrasson-LavilledieuObjatMontignac-LascauxSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheAllassacUssacVillac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villac295—————
Terrasson-Lavilledieu6,2184.3B+B+B+B
Objat Corrèze3,7219.3A−A−AB−
Montignac-Lascaux2,7629.4B−B−AC−
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze5,0919.7A−B−AB+
Allassac Corrèze4,08111B−A−A+C
Ussac Corrèze4,32213A−B−A+B+

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

About Villac

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Villac is a commune of 295 people in the Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut 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

Population
295 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.2 sq mi (21.2 km²)
INSEE code
24580

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 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.