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Dordogne · 24500 · 10 min from Duras

Living in Eymet

A picture-postcard bastide just over the Dordogne border — an arcaded square, a famously large English-speaking community, and a Thursday market that fills the town. One of the softest landings for a move to France.

Eymet at a glance

DepartmentDordogne (24)
From Duras10 min
Known forbastide square & market
Communitylarge English-speaking
Nearest airportBergerac — 25 min
Typical home€180,000–350,000

The town

Eymet is a classic 13th-century bastide built around an arcaded central square, with cafés, a château, and the River Dropt slipping past. It is small, pretty and walkable, with enough going on to stay lively year-round.

The English factor

Eymet has one of the highest concentrations of British residents in rural France — cricket club and all. For many it is the gentlest possible landing: services, clubs and friends in English while your French grows.

Market & everyday life

The Thursday-morning market is a genuine event, filling the square with local produce and summer crowds. Bergerac (25 min) covers bigger shops, the hospital and the airport.

Eymet or Duras?

  • Eymet: the softest landing — the biggest English-speaking network, if that reassures you.
  • Duras: a slightly quieter, more French feel with its own château and wine — and lower prices.
  • They are ten minutes apart, so many buyers view both. The free guide compares them side by side.
Go deeperMoving to Eymet: Life in the Dordogne BastideMoving to Eymet is one of the softest landings in rural south-west France: a 13th-century bastide with a proper market, real shops and one of the largest English-speaking communities in the Dordogne. Here is what living in Eymet actually involves — the town itself, the community honestly appraised, the property market, day-to-day amenities, and how it compares with quieter neighbours like Duras, twenty minutes south.The full guide →

Frequently asked questions about Eymet

Why is Eymet so popular with the British?
A long-established community, English-speaking services and clubs, and a genuinely pretty bastide have made Eymet one of the best-known British enclaves in rural France.
How far is Eymet from Duras?
About ten minutes by car — many buyers looking around Duras also view in Eymet, and vice versa.
Is there an airport near Eymet?
Bergerac airport is around 25 minutes away with seasonal UK flights; Bordeaux is about 1h20 for year-round connections.
What does property cost in Eymet?
Village houses and country homes commonly run €180,000–350,000, a little above the quieter surrounding villages given the town's popularity.
Keep reading
Property

Property for Sale in Eymet: A Buyer's Market Guide

Property for sale in Eymet attracts more foreign buyers than almost anywhere else of its size in south-west France, and the stock in the bastide itself is thin. This is an honest guide to what your money buys in Eymet and the villages around it, what the process costs, and what to check before you offer.

Read the guide →Town Profile

Eymet: The History, People and Character of a Bastide

Eymet is a thirteenth-century bastide on the Dropt with an unusually complicated past and an unusually international present. This is a portrait of the town rather than a relocation guide — how it was built and why, what four hundred years of contested border did to it, and who actually lives there now.

Read the guide →Area Comparison

Eymet, Dordogne: How It Compares to the Périgord

Eymet is in the Dordogne, but it is not in the Dordogne most people picture. The bastide sits on the département's southern edge, an hour and a half from Sarlat and half an hour from Bergerac, and the difference between those two worlds — in cost, in crowds, in who your neighbours are — is the single most useful thing to understand before choosing where in this region to land.

Read the guide →Practical

Eymet Weather: The Climate Through the Year

Eymet weather is inland south-west France: hot summers, mild wet winters, and long variable shoulder seasons that are the best time to be here. This is what each part of the year is actually like, why it matters more if you are moving than visiting, and what it means for an old stone house.

Read the guide →The area

Living in the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne: An Honest Guide

Living in the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne is the daydream of almost everyone who imagines rural France: honey-coloured villages, vineyards, weekly markets and unhurried lunches. This is the honest picture of what daily life here is really like — the landscape and seasons, the towns and their characters, the cost of living, the community and the trade-offs — with Duras, where three départements meet, as the natural place to begin.

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Eymet, Duras — or somewhere in between?

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