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With 80 residents, it is a town in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Bassignac-le-Bas has none. 51% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 46% of residents.
The 2 things Bassignac-le-Bas does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bassignac-le-Bas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame ou des Pénitents, in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, 3.2 mi away.
49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bassignac-le-Bas.
People 65 and over make up 46% of the town, above Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Ages in Bassignac-le-Bas split evenly at 64: half are older, half younger.
40% women, 60% men
About 66 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bassignac-le-Bas | Corrèze median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 3.8% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 9% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 46% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Corrèze’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 16.7% of working residents in Bassignac-le-Bas didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Bassignac-le-Bas.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bassignac-le-Bas. Best known first.
Nothing in Bassignac-le-Bas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bassignac-le-Bas yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassignac-le-Bas | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne | 2,881 | 6.3 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Saint-Céré Lot | 3,429 | 12 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Cosnac | 3,044 | 16 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Malemort | 8,239 | 17 | A− | B | A− | A |
| Tulle | 13,401 | 17 | B− | A+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bassignac-le-Bas is a commune of 80 people in the Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. 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
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 November 4, 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.