FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Corrèze›Nouvelle-Aquitaine

SornacCorrèze

776 people live in this town in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Sornac a good place to live?

Sornac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up nearly a third of its housing. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Sornac stand out

The 2 things Sornac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Inscrit · Photo: Avocat jean · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sornac’s story

Sornac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sornac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Église Saint-Martin
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sornac.

Who lives here

Children make up only 10% of Sornac, fewer than in Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns

14% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of the town, lower than both Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Sornac is 54.5.

54.5median age
SornacCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma44%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sornac
SornacCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 1510%14%17%
15–247.8%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma44%19%19%
CAP or BEP22%28%26%
Baccalauréat14%20%18%
Higher education14%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Sornac: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sornac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th 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

Incomes in Sornac run lower than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: a median €21,960 a year per consumption unit

Sornac has 450 jobs for 250 working residents, 1.7 per worker. 22.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving68%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Sornac, 1.7 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
22%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Sornac costs less than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.51/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Sornac.

€7.51/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sornac€7.51/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corrèze median€10.24/m²
€7.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.89 to €9.57/m² a month)
€6.49/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 Sornac

11pages on Sornac

Landmarks

Sornac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Avocat jean · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Sornac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sornac yet.

How we find them →

Sornac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Corrèze →
UsselUsselSornac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sornac776—————
Ussel9,18710B+A−C+B−

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

About Sornac

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Sornac is a commune of 776 people in the Communauté de communes Haute-Corrèze Communauté. 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
776 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haute-Corrèze Communauté
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
22.9 sq mi (59.4 km²)
INSEE code
19261

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 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.