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A town in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,892 people.
The local economy does well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most (D−): brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,667/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Viance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Viance does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Viance with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Saint-Viance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Viance; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Viance.
2.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Corrèze’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,000 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Saint-Viance didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Viance, just over four fifths of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Corrèze’s towns (85.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 4.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mathilde Marthe FaucherNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 81%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.76/m² a month, near Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 31 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Viance, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,667/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,667/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
135 deaths in Saint-Viance between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 170: 21% below. Women in Corrèze live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Viance is Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive, 4.3 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. 10% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Corrèze’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Corrèze’s towns (27%). Nearly a third of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Viance | Corrèze median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Viance has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Viance: Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Viance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Viance | 1,892 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Ussac | 4,322 | 2.8 | A− | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Donzenac | 2,733 | 3 | — | A− | — | B |
| Allassac | 4,081 | 3 | B− | A− | A+ | C |
| Objat | 3,721 | 4.6 | A− | A− | A | B− |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 47,095 | 4.7 | C+ | B | C | B |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche | 5,091 | 4.8 | A− | B− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Viance has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 2.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 1,050 jobs for 900 working residents, Saint-Viance draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,667/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Viance grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Viance is a commune of 1,892 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
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 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.