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SeilhacCorrèze

1,805 residents make their home in this town in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 33% of the population.

Is Seilhac a good place to live?

Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on jobs & income as well (A) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. Schools lag (C): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too — nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Seilhac 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.

What makes Seilhac stand out

The 3 things Seilhac does most differently from other towns.

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How Seilhac grades

Each subject compares Seilhac 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.

How grading works

Seilhac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Château de Seilhac
Château de Seilhac · Inscrit · Photo: Cyrille Largillier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Seilhac’s story

Seilhac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Seilhac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.

Martial Brousse, born in 1893, is the one person born in Seilhac before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1977First protected: Église Notre-Dame
  • 2021Most recently protected: Château de Seilhac
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seilhac.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Seilhac costs less than in both Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.49/m² a month

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

The median price, €1,455/m², comes from 46 sales of houses and apartments in Seilhac from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

€1,455/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Seilhac€1,455/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corrèze median€1,460/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,464/m²45
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.89 to €10.46/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo

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

Who lives here

An older town: 33% of people in Seilhac are 65 or over, more than in both Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Also worth knowing: among adults, 32% have a degree.

52.4median age
SeilhacCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 86 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 Seilhac
SeilhacCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–248.4%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+33%27%22%
No diploma11%19%19%
CAP or BEP25%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education32%26%30%

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

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.3 mi away.

86.0%passed the brevetCSchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Seilhac86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Armande BaudryNearest collègeCollègeCollège7686%−3 pts
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
0.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Seilhac has lower unemployment than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.1% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,210 a year per consumption unit, above both Corrèze’s towns (€24,150) and compared French towns (€25,970).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
650
jobs based in Seilhac, 0.9 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns

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

History

2 historic monuments in Seilhac, none of them classé

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

The protected list starts in the 12th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.4%.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1977
first monument protected

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

HealthHealth C+

More deaths than expected: Seilhac is above 55% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

For a family doctor, residents of Seilhac can choose among 5 GPs. Its care home for older people (74 places) counts its residents as Seilhac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. 340 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 295: 15% above. The nearest emergency department to Seilhac is Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze, 7.2 mi away.

−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw115
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Seilhac · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze
85.6 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corrèze, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.

Safety

Seilhac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

The 2025 count: 14 offenses in Seilhac. Graded property crimes ran at 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.2 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).

3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage9
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud15

Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.

3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 46.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Keep exploring

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Seilhac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Cyrille Largillier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Seilhac: Photo: Cyrille Largillier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Seilhac

3 notable people were born in Seilhac.

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Seilhac’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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TulleUzercheDonzenacAllassacMalemortUssacTulleUzercheDonzenacAllassacMalemortUssacSeilhac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Seilhac1,805——A—C+
Tulle13,4017.4B−A+C−B−
Uzerche2,8148.3A−ADB
Donzenac2,73313—A−—B
Allassac4,08114B−A−A+C
Malemort8,23915A−BA−A
Ussac4,32216A−B−A+B+

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

Questions about Seilhac

Is Seilhac safe?

Seilhac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.

Are schools in Seilhac good?

They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Seilhac expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,455/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seilhac grades A for cost of living.

About Seilhac

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Seilhac is a commune of 1,805 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo. 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
1,805 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
9.8 sq mi (25.5 km²)
INSEE code
19255

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 October 30, 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.