Property for sale in Sarlat-la-Canéda

Sarlat is the tourist capital of the Périgord Noir, a medieval centre of honey coloured stone that draws well over a million visitors a year into a town of roughly 9,000 residents.

Recorded price: €2,252/m²
Since 2020: +26%
Sales in 2025: 195
Fibre coverage: 94%
Nearest station: 1 km

Place de la Liberté in Sarlat’s historic centre. Photo: Benjamin Smith. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped

What homes actually sell for

Across 195 recorded sales in 2025, homes in Sarlat-la-Canéda changed hands at an average of €2,252 per square metre, or about €186,822 per property at an average size of 83 m². That is up 26% on 2020.

These are prices recorded at the notary after completion, not asking prices. Asking prices in the window of an agency are typically higher, and the gap is the negotiation.

Average €/m² per year, bars show how many homes sold · Source: notary sale records (DVF)

What is within reach

Measured from the centre of Sarlat-la-Canéda. Distances are straight line, so allow more by road.

BakeryLa Mie Câline0 km
SupermarketLidl0.8 km
PharmacyPharmacie De La Boetie0.1 km
Primary schoolEcole élémentaire Ferdinand Buisson0.1 km
Secondary schoolCollège privé Saint-Joseph0.5 km
HospitalHôpital21 km
Train stationSarlat1.2 km

Living in Sarlat-la-Canéda

Historic buildings and cafés on Place de la Liberté. Photo: Benjamin Smith. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped

Living in Sarlat means living with the season. From June to September the centre belongs to visitors, parking is a sport and the restaurants are full. From November to March a good share of the old town is shuttered and the population that remains is older than the French average. That rhythm suits people buying a holiday home or planning to let, and suits full time residents less well unless they want to be part of the summer economy. Property is the most expensive in the Dordogne by a clear margin.

Daily shopping, schools, a hospital and a station with connections towards Bordeaux are all in town. Bergerac airport is about an hour west, Brive about an hour north east.

Worth knowing before you offer

Much of the centre sits inside a protected perimeter, so exterior work needs approval from the architect of the Bâtiments de France. That can rule out the roof, window or shutter changes a renovation budget assumed.

What to know before you buy here

These figures describe the whole commune of Sarlat-la-Canéda. A single address can sit well inside or well outside any of them.

The weather across the year

Typical weather

Based on 30-year climate averages for this location

October

18.4°C high · 10.5°C low

82 mm rain over ~12 days

7.7 hrs sun/day · 10.7h daylight

Mild and comfortable. Light layers are enough. Moderate rainfall — pack an umbrella.

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What it costs to hold a house here

Property tax rate (2025)

68.1%

Taxe foncière, charged on the rateable value. That value is usually well below the market value, so the bill is far smaller than the percentage suggests.

Waste collection

18.77%

Added to the property tax bill, on the same basis.

Fibre coverage (2026-06-30)

94%

Of buildings in the commune can be connected. Coverage varies street by street, so check the exact address.

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Town averages only get you so far. Paste the link to any listing in Sarlat-la-Canéda, or type its address, and we will tell you what the street around it actually sold for, what the energy certificate says, what the annual costs come to and what the risk maps show.

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