Argentat-sur-Dordogne, #1 on this list · Photo: AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Corrèze · 2026

Best places to live in Corrèze

Argentat-sur-Dordogne ranks first of 11 ranked towns of 2,500 or more in Corrèze, and #128 of 3,798 French towns. 6 of the 11 grade A− or better; scores run from 72.4 down to 46.7.

The overall score, sorted within the département; the letter compares each town with every French town of 2,500+, and its rank among French towns sits beside it. How grades work

Argentat-sur-Dordogne

2,881 people

A⁺

Score 72.4·#128 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: safety A, cost of living A·lowest: health C

Malemort

8,239 people

A⁻

Score 62.1·#632 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: health A, safety A⁻·lowest: schools C⁻

Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche

5,091 people

A⁻

Score 61.9·#645 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: safety A, schools B⁺·lowest: walkability C⁻

All 11 towns, ranked

By overall score against French towns; ranks are within the département, and each French rank links to the national list.

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#TownScoreGrade · French rankWhat drives it

1Argentat-sur-Dordogne2,881 people72.4top 3.3%A⁺#128 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A, cost of living A·lowest: health C

2Malemort8,239 people62.1top 16.6%A⁻#632 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: health A, safety A⁻·lowest: schools C⁻

3Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche5,091 people61.9top 17.0%A⁻#645 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A, schools B⁺·lowest: walkability C⁻

4Ussac4,322 people60.4top 19.7%A⁻#749 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: jobs & income A⁺, safety A⁺·lowest: walkability D⁻

5Uzerche2,814 people59.4top 22.0%A⁻#838 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A, schools A·lowest: safety D

6Objat3,721 people58.7top 23.5%A⁻#892 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A, cost of living A⁻·lowest: schools D

7Ussel9,187 people54.6top 33.5%B⁺#1,272 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A⁻, schools B·lowest: safety C⁺

8Égletons4,341 people54.2top 34.5%B⁺#1,310 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A⁻, safety A⁻·lowest: health C

9Allassac4,081 people50.3top 45.9%B⁻#1,745 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A⁺, cost of living A⁻·lowest: schools D⁻

10Tulle13,401 people47.5bottom 46.3%B⁻#2,040 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A⁺, walkability A·lowest: schools D

11Brive-la-Gaillarde47,095 people46.7bottom 43.9%C⁺#2,132 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: walkability A, health B·lowest: schools C

Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the best place to live in Corrèze?

Argentat-sur-Dordogne ranks first of 11 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and cost of living (A) are its strongest grades; health (C) is its lowest. Malemort and Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Corrèze, where five or more have an overall grade.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers places of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Smaller places, and towns missing figures the overall grade needs, show their grades on their own pages; every commune is listed on the Corrèze page.

Photos: Argentat-sur-Dordogne, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Malemort, Marianne Casamance (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche, Père Igor (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #70 of November 9, 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.