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Saint-Sornin-LavolpsCorrèze

A town of 847 in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Sornin-Lavolps a good place to live?

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 14% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 42% of residents. Homes change hands at a median €1,684/m².

What makes Saint-Sornin-Lavolps stand out

The 3 things Saint-Sornin-Lavolps does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Saturnin
Église Saint-Saturnin · Inscrit · Photo: Pascal RADIGUE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Sornin-Lavolps’ story

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

Charles Semblat, born in 1897, is the one person born in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1927First protected: Église Saint-Saturnin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps.

Who lives here

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps has fewer young adults than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 3.5% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, above both Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 11% of the people here. Among adults, 20% have a degree.

60.4median age
Saint-Sornin-LavolpsCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps
Saint-Sornin-LavolpsCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1511%14%17%
15–243.5%9.6%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+42%27%22%
No diploma23%19%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat18%20%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

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

History

1 historic monument in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps, none of them classé

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, below Corrèze’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 5.0%

Jobs located in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps: 200, for 300 residents in work (0.7 each). Unemployment stood at 7.1%, below Corrèze’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,410 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps, 0.7 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.69/m² a month

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

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps recorded 31 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.58/m² a month.

€1,684/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps€1,684/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corrèze median€1,460/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,684/m²31
€8.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.00 to €10.80/m² a month)
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Sornin-Lavolps

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Landmarks

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: Pascal RADIGUE · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Sornin-Lavolps

One notable person was born in Saint-Sornin-Lavolps.

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Saint-Sornin-Lavolps’ 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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ObjatUzercheAllassacSaint-Yrieix-la-PercheDonzenacUssacObjatUzercheAllassacSaint-Yrieix-la-PercheDonzenacUssacSaint-Sornin-Lavolps
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Sornin-Lavolps847—————
Objat3,7218.6A−A−AB−
Uzerche2,8149.6A−ADB
Allassac4,08110B−A−A+C
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Haute-Vienne6,83012A−ABC
Donzenac2,73313—A−—B
Ussac4,32215A−B−A+B+

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

About Saint-Sornin-Lavolps

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Sornin-Lavolps is a commune of 847 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lubersac-Pompadour. 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
847 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Lubersac-Pompadour
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.3 km²)
INSEE code
19243

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.