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The town has 296 residents and lies in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
There are no grades for Puy-d'Arnac: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 36% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Puy-d'Arnac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puy-d'Arnac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Châteaux de Saint-Hilaire et des Plas, in Curemonte, 2.5 mi away.
40% 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 Puy-d'Arnac.
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town. Line up the people of Puy-d'Arnac by age and the one in the middle is 51.4.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Puy-d'Arnac | Corrèze median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
0.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Corrèze’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 150 residents in work, Puy-d'Arnac has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. Households’ median disposable income: €24,380 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.12/m² a month. The market in Puy-d'Arnac: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Puy-d'Arnac. Best known first.
Nothing in Puy-d'Arnac 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 Puy-d'Arnac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-d'Arnac | 296 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne | 2,881 | 9.2 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Cosnac | 3,044 | 12 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Céré Lot | 3,429 | 13 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Malemort | 8,239 | 14 | A− | B | A− | A |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 47,095 | 15 | C+ | B | C | B |
| Tulle | 13,401 | 17 | B− | A+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Puy-d'Arnac is a commune of 296 people in the Communauté de communes Midi Corrézien. 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.