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Salon-la-TourCorrèze

Some 681 people live in this town, in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Salon-la-Tour a good place to live?

Salon-la-Tour is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 18% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 29% of the population.

What makes Salon-la-Tour stand out

The 2 things Salon-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Domaine de la Grènerie
Domaine de la Grènerie · Inscrit · Photo: Judith lacelle · CC BY-SA 4.0
Salon-la-Tour’s story

Salon-la-Tour in pictures

Salon-la-Tour 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 the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1975First protected: Restes de la tour
  • 1992Most recently protected: Domaine de la Grènerie
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Landmarks

Salon-la-Tour 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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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salon-la-Tour.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Salon-la-Tour than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

50.7median age

Graduates make up 24% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% of the town, lower than both Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 29% of residents are 65 or older.

Salon-la-TourCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Salon-la-Tour
Salon-la-TourCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–248.4%9.6%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education24%26%30%

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

History

Salon-la-Tour keeps more of its old housing than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 31% built before 1919

3historic monuments

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Salon-la-Tour is Restes de la tour. 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

11th c.
oldest protected part
1975
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 2.9% of commuters in Salon-la-Tour go to work without a car, fewer than in both Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

Salon-la-Tour has 150 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Corrèze’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,390 a year.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Salon-la-Tour, 0.5 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Salon-la-Tour is €9.87/m² a month

€9.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Salon-la-Tour recorded 19 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Salon-la-Tour€9.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corrèze median€10.24/m²
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.89 to €12.35/m² a month)
€6.54/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 Salon-la-Tour

12pages on Salon-la-Tour
Nearby attractions

Château du Pin and 2 more in and around Salon-la-Tour

Heritage in and near Salon-la-Tour. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Salon-la-Tour

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About Salon-la-Tour

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Salon-la-Tour is a commune of 681 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Uzerche. 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
681 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Uzerche
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
16.7 sq mi (43.3 km²)
INSEE code
19250

Salon-la-Tour’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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UzercheSaint-Yrieix-la-PercheAllassacObjatUzercheSaint-Yrieix-la-PercheAllassacObjatSalon-la-Tour
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Salon-la-Tour681—————
Uzerche2,8145.5A−ADB
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Haute-Vienne6,83016A−ABC
Allassac4,08118B−A−A+C
Objat3,72118A−A−AB−

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.