Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Chamant.
Who lives here
Saint-Chamant has fewer young adults than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, higher than both Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 23% have a degree. At 50.7, the median resident of Saint-Chamant sits in the middle of the age range.
50.7median age
Saint-ChamantCorrèze medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Chamant keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Chamant is Église Saint-Amant. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 3.5% of commuters in Saint-Chamant go to work without a car, fewer than in Corrèze’s towns and across compared French towns
Per resident in work, Saint-Chamant counts 0.6 jobs (100 jobs, 150 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €22,540 a year per consumption unit, below Corrèze’s towns (€24,150) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 4.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Chamant, 0.6 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Chamant than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €6.70/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Chamant recorded 18 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.39/m² a month. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€6.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Saint-Chamant€6.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corrèze median€10.24/m²
€6.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.31 to €8.45/m² a month)
€7.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Chamant
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Chamant is a commune of 468 people in the Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. 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.
