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Saint-Cernin-de-LarcheCorrèze

695 residents make their home in this town in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Cernin-de-Larche a good place to live?

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Menhir de Lapalain
Menhir de Lapalain · Classé · Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche’s story

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche in pictures

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1910.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1910First protected: Menhir de Lapalain
  • 1988Most recently protected: Dolmen de la Chassagne
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Landmarks

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Dolmen de la Chassagne: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche.

History

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919

3historic monuments

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

Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche is Menhir de Lapalain. The protected list starts in prehistory. This Corrèze town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche has fewer young adults than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24

47.3median age

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Corrèze’s towns (27%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.

Saint-Cernin-de-LarcheCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche
Saint-Cernin-de-LarcheCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–248.8%9.6%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma11%19%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat24%20%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche, 5.3%, runs below Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

The median disposable income is €27,890 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Cernin-de-Larche has 100 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.0% of commuters at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
100
jobs based in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche, 0.2 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

87.0%passed the brevet

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

For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.5 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Anna de NoaillesNearest collègeCollègeCollège12987%−3 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
1.4 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 Saint-Cernin-de-Larche than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.67/m² a month

€9.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche recorded 17 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.49/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche€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)
€9.49/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 Saint-Cernin-de-Larche

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Nearby attractions

Château de Couzage and 6 more in and around Saint-Cernin-de-Larche

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Cernin-de-Larche. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

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About Saint-Cernin-de-Larche

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche is a commune of 695 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive. 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
695 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code
19191

Saint-Cernin-de-Larche’s neighbors

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

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Saint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheTerrasson-LavilledieuBrive-la-GaillardeUssacCosnacMalemortSaint-Pantaléon-de-LarcheTerrasson-LavilledieuBrive-la-GaillardeUssacCosnacMalemortSaint-Cernin-de-Larche
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche695—————
Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche5,0913.4A−B−AB+
Terrasson-Lavilledieu Dordogne6,2186.1B+B+B+B
Brive-la-Gaillarde47,0956.7C+BCB
Ussac4,3227.7A−B−A+B+
Cosnac3,0448.5—B+—B+
Malemort8,2399.2A−BA−A

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

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.