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SaillacCorrèze

A town of 214 in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saillac a good place to live?

Saillac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Saillac stand out

The one thing Saillac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saillac’s story

Saillac in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saillac counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2007First protected: Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste
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Nearby attractions

Musée les Quatre Demoiselles (Musée de la Noix) and 18 more in and around Saillac

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saillac. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saillac.

Who lives here

Saillac has fewer young adults than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are 15 to 24

Children are just over a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, close to Corrèze’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 34% have a degree.

52.5median age
SaillacCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saillac
SaillacCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–246.5%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma14%19%19%
CAP or BEP28%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education34%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saillac keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saillac is Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
2007
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Saillac is better off than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,830 a year per consumption unit

2.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below Corrèze’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Saillac didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saillac, 0.2 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.1 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saillac89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Léon DautrementNearest collègeCollègeCollège4589%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
1.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saillac than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.67/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Saillac.

€9.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saillac€9.67/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corrèze median€10.24/m²
€9.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.66 to €12.21/m² a month)
€8.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saillac

13pages on Saillac

Landmarks

Saillac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saillac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saillac yet.

How we find them →

Saillac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Corrèze →
CosnacMalemortBrive-la-GaillardeUssacSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheSouillacCosnacMalemortBrive-la-GaillardeUssacSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheSouillacSaillac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saillac214—————
Cosnac3,0447.4—B+—B+
Malemort8,2399.7A−BA−A
Brive-la-Gaillarde47,09510C+BCB
Ussac4,32212A−B−A+B+
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche5,09112A−B−AB+
Souillac Lot3,19213B+ADC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saillac

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saillac is a commune of 214 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

Population
214 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Midi Corrézien
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.3 km²)
INSEE code
19179

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 October 30, 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.