Homes are affordable (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is another plus: an average of 9.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €854/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bort-les-Orgues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bort-les-Orgues with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.4% of Bort-les-Orgues, fewer than in Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns
7.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 35% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 16% of adults.
56.1median age
Bort-les-OrguesCorrèze medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Bort-les-Orgues ranks below 70% of compared French towns for crime per resident
With 1,950 jobs for 950 working residents, Bort-les-Orgues draws people in from neighbouring communes. 2025 saw 42 offenses recorded in the town. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bort-les-Orgues (2025).
9.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence15
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Drug use30
Fraud23
Theft without violence21
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
9.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.7% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Bort-les-Orgues run lower than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,350 a year per consumption unit
No commute at all: 8.1% of working residents in Bort-les-Orgues at the census. 8.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Corrèze’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot11%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
1,950
jobs based in Bort-les-Orgues, 2.1 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Bort-les-Orgues, 93 per 100, but more than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Corrèze, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 464 deaths in Bort-les-Orgues from 2016 to 2025; there were 580, 25% more. The nearest emergency department to Bort-les-Orgues is Centre hospitalier D Ussel, 13.6 mi away. This Corrèze town has 3 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bort-les-Orgues · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Ussel
13.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Ussel
85.6 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corrèze, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bort-les-Orgues keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bort-les-Orgues has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bort-les-Orgues
Is Bort-les-Orgues expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bort-les-Orgues grades A+ for cost of living.
About Bort-les-Orgues
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bort-les-Orgues is a commune of 2,483 people in the Communauté de communes Haute-Corrèze Communauté. 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
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.
