At under 1,000 residents, Bugeat is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 47% of homes. Homes sell for a median €917/m². Over-65s are 49% of the population.
What makes Bugeat stand out
The 3 things Bugeat does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bugeat.
Who lives here
Children make up only 7.5% of Bugeat, fewer than in Corrèze’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 4.6% of the town, below Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: nearly half of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
64.6median age
BugeatCorrèze medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
49%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
History
Bugeat keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Bugeat is Église Saint-Pardoux. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer people in Bugeat are out of work than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.9%
For its 200 residents in work, Bugeat has 250 jobs: 1.3 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,980 a year. No commute at all: a tenth of working residents in the town at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot10%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Bugeat, 1.3 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Bugeat
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bugeat is a commune of 719 people in the Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources. 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
Population
719 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources
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.
