Property tax in Bergerac in 2026: a municipal rate of 54,74 % and an inter-municipal share of 8,78 %, that is 63,52 % in total, one of the heaviest in the south-west. Calculation, amounts by profile, town / conurbation simulator and impact on value.
Illustration : Property tax in Bergerac in 2026: one of the heaviest rates in the south-west.
In Bergerac, the property tax (taxe foncière, the French local property tax) ranks among the heaviest in the south-west. Adding the municipal share to that of the conurbation authority, the rate applied to built property exceeds 63 %, a level few sub-prefecture towns reach. Two features explain that burden: an inter-municipal share well above average, and property tax revenue that has grown by more than 30 % in ten years. The 2026 rates were voted by the outgoing council on 5 February 2026, a few weeks before the change of majority that brought Fabien Ruet to the town hall. Here is what you really pay in Bergerac, the share that goes to the Town and the share that goes to the conurbation, and what the new team can change.
In Bergerac, the municipal rate of property tax on built properties is 54,74 % and the inter-municipal share 8,78 %, that is an overall rate of 63,52 % on built property (Source: DGFiP). The local peculiarity lies in that inter-municipal share, well above the level of most comparable towns: in Bergerac, the conurbation authority really weighs on your notice.
The property tax shown on your notice adds up several lines. In Bergerac, two really count: the municipal share, of 54,74 %, voted by the Town, and the inter-municipal share, of 8,78 %, paid to the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise. Smaller lines are added to them (management of aquatic environments, special facilities tax) and, on a separate line, the household waste collection tax.
What sets Bergerac apart is not only the level of the municipal rate, already high, but the weight of the inter-municipal authority. In many towns, the inter-municipal share of the property tax remains symbolic, often below 3 %, sometimes nil. In Bergerac it reaches 8,78 %: close to a seventh of your property tax is decided and collected at conurbation level, not by the municipality. As elsewhere, the municipal rate has since 2021 included the former departmental share, transferred to municipalities to offset the abolition of the residence tax (taxe d'habitation).
The rate alone is not enough to compare two towns. An overall rate of 63 % applied to a modest rental value can produce a smaller bill than a rate of 45 % on a high base. The bill depends on the product of rate × base, and the base, in Bergerac as elsewhere, mostly dates from the 1970s.
The property tax is the product of a locally voted rate and a base, the cadastral rental value, set by the State and then revalued every year. In Bergerac, that rate adds the share of the Town (54,74 %) to that of the conurbation authority (8,78 %): it is the sum of the two that applies to your base.
The calculation starts from the cadastral rental value of your property, meant to represent a theoretical annual rent. A flat-rate allowance of 50 % is applied to it to obtain the tax base, then that base is multiplied by the sum of the rates voted (municipality, inter-municipal authority, additional taxes).
Two levers move your bill: the rates, decided locally by the Town and the conurbation authority, and the base, revalued nationally. To that is added, on a separate line, the household waste collection tax, calculated on the same base. The 2026 rates were adopted by the town council on 5 February 2026, before the March elections.
In Bergerac, the property tax (municipal and inter-municipal shares) most often falls between 550 € for a studio in the centre and 1 700 € for a family house, depending on the rental value of the property. The high overall rate makes the bill heavier at equal rental value, but the modest bases of many Bergerac homes keep it contained.
The exact amount depends on the rental value of your home, so on its floor area, its address and its condition. Here are indicative orders of magnitude for the municipal and inter-municipal shares taken together, for profiles typical of the Bergerac districts. The prices per m² quoted come from DVF data processed by Immover (2026).
| Property profile | District | Indicative price per m² | 2026 municipal + conurbation property tax (order of magnitude) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio, 25 m² | Old town (historic centre) | 1 450 €/m² | ~ 560 € |
| Three-room flat, 65 m² | Le Vieux Port / banks of the Dordogne | 1 700 €/m² | ~ 1 050 € |
| Apartment, 80 m² | La Madeleine | 1 600 €/m² | ~ 1 280 € |
| House, 100 m² | Naillac / Pombonne | 1 790 €/m² | ~ 1 650 € |
These estimates cover the municipal and inter-municipal shares taken together, excluding the household waste collection tax. They should be set against a Bergerac market with an average price of 1 590 €/m² for an apartment in 2026 (DVF), one of the most affordable levels in the Dordogne, which helps keep the bill contained despite a high overall rate.
Enter the combined amount of the municipal and inter-municipal shares of your 2026 property tax. The simulator estimates how much goes to the Town of Bergerac and how much is paid to the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise, whose share (8,78 %) is one of the highest for a town of this size.
Two forces are at work: the national revaluation of the bases (+0,8 % for 2026, after +1,7 % in 2025, +3,9 % in 2024 and +7,1 % in 2023, according to INSEE) and the local path of the rates. In Bergerac, the property tax revenue collected has risen by +30,36 % between 2013 and 2023 (DGFiP), a fast pace.
The property tax is the product of a rate, voted locally, and a base, the cadastral rental value, revalued every year by the State in line with inflation. Over recent years that revaluation has been strong: +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024, +1,7 % in 2025, and +0,8 % for 2026 according to INSEE, that is about +18 % cumulatively since 2020.
In Bergerac, that rise in the bases comes on top of an already high level of rates. The result can be read in the revenue collected: +30,36 % between 2013 and 2023 according to the DGFiP, well above cumulative inflation over the period. For the owner, the effect is twofold: a base that rises every year, applied to one of the heaviest overall rates in the department.
A high overall rate is not an anomaly: it reflects the funding of services and facilities by a municipality and a conurbation authority with a limited population and a narrow tax base. But it makes Bergerac sensitive to any adjustment: at equal rental value, one point of rate more or less is felt directly on the notice, more than in a town with a moderate rate.
At the municipal elections of March 2026, Fabien Ruet, leading a union of the left, was elected mayor of Bergerac with 43,81 % of the vote in the second round, ahead of the outgoing mayor Jonathan Prioleaud (29,47 %). The 2026 rates had been voted before the election, on 5 February: the tax policy of the new team will be read in the 2027 budget.
On 22 March 2026, Bergerac changed majority. Fabien Ruet, candidate of the union of the left, won in the second round with 43,81 % of the vote, ahead of the outgoing mayor Jonathan Prioleaud (29,47 %), in a four-way contest in which the Rassemblement national gathered 16,74 % of the vote. The 2026 tax rates had been adopted a few weeks earlier, on 5 February, by the outgoing council: they therefore apply to the notice you will receive in the autumn of 2026.
For owners, what matters is the following financial years. An overall rate already above 63 % leaves little room for a rise without a reaction, but a cut runs up against the funding of municipal and inter-municipal services. The question of the conurbation share, unusually high, will be one of the points to watch in the budget choices of the new term.
A high property tax rate weighs on value at the margin, above all for a buyer attentive to annual charges. In Bergerac, that effect remains secondary against an affordable market, carried by the living environment of the Périgord and its vineyards. The location, the condition and the energy rating of the property remain the main value factors.
Three effects are worth keeping in mind.
1. A point of attention for the buyer. A buyer comparing Bergerac with a neighbouring municipality factors in the annual cost of holding the property: an overall rate among the heaviest in the department weighs in the equation, without being decisive against the purchase price and the living environment.
2. A secondary factor within a budget. For a household buying its main home, the property tax remains marginal against the purchase price and the cost of the loan. A 100 m² house in Naillac, at around 180 000 € at the average price of the area, carries a municipal and inter-municipal tax in the order of 1 650 € a year: real, but rarely decisive.
3. A value carried by the Périgord setting. The old town, the banks of the Dordogne and the closeness of the Bergerac and Monbazillac vineyards support demand, in particular from second-home buyers and from buyers seeking a living environment. To place the value of your property from the actual transactions in your area, use our free valuation tool below.
The municipal rate of property tax on built property in Bergerac is 54,74 % and the inter-municipal share paid to the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise is 8,78 %, that is an overall rate of 63,52 % on built property (Source: DGFiP, the French public finances directorate, 2023 financial year, excluding the household waste collection tax). It is one of the heaviest rates in the south-west for a town of this size. The 2026 rates were voted by the town council on 5 February 2026 and appear on your tax notice.
Two reasons combine. First, an already high municipal rate (54,74 %), which since 2021 includes the former departmental share transferred to municipalities. Then an inter-municipal share of 8,78 %, well above that of most comparable towns, where it often stays below 3 %. In Bergerac, close to a seventh of your property tax goes to the conurbation authority. But a high rate does not mechanically translate into a high bill: everything depends on the cadastral rental value of your property, which for the most part dates from the 1970s.
Of the municipal and inter-municipal shares taken together, about 86 % goes to the Town of Bergerac (rate of 54,74 %) and about 14 % to the Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise (rate of 8,78 %). That conurbation share is one of the highest for a town of this size: it is the local tax peculiarity. The household waste collection tax and the additional taxes appear on separate lines of your notice.
Fabien Ruet, leading a union of the left, was elected mayor of Bergerac in the second round of the municipal elections, on 22 March 2026, with 43,81 % of the vote, ahead of the outgoing mayor Jonathan Prioleaud (29,47 %). The 2026 tax rates had, however, been voted before the election, on 5 February 2026, by the outgoing council: the tax policy of the new team will be read in the budgets of the following years.
Because cadastral rental values are revalued every year at national level, independently of local decisions. That revaluation follows the harmonised index of consumer prices: +7,1 % in 2023, +3,9 % in 2024, +1,7 % in 2025 and +0,8 % in 2026 according to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, that is about +18 % cumulatively since 2020. In Bergerac, that rise in the bases applies to an already high overall rate: the property tax revenue collected has grown by more than 30 % between 2013 and 2023 according to the DGFiP.
Everything depends on the cadastral rental value of the property. As an order of magnitude, on the municipal and inter-municipal shares taken together, expect about 560 € for a studio in the old town, around 1 050 € for a three-room flat by the Dordogne and in the order of 1 280 € for an 80 m² apartment in La Madeleine. Those amounts do not include the household waste collection tax. The average apartment price in Bergerac stands at 1 590 €/m² in 2026 (DVF, the French notarised sales database).
Only at the margin. A high holding cost can weigh on the decision of a buyer attentive to annual charges, but it remains secondary against an affordable market, carried by the living environment of the Périgord, the banks of the Dordogne and the closeness of the Bergerac and Monbazillac vineyards. The location, the condition and the energy rating of the property remain the main drivers of its value.
Property tax notices are published in the personal account on impots.gouv.fr, the French tax administration website, and sent by post from the end of August, for payment due in mid-October (slightly later for payment online). Owners paying in monthly instalments see their debits adjusted at the end of the year. The precise 2026 calendar is published each summer by the DGFiP, the French public finances directorate.
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