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TreignacCorrèze

A town of 1,256 in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Treignac a good place to live?

Treignac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Treignac stand out

The 3 things Treignac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Treignac grades

Each subject compares Treignac 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

Cost of livingA+Open →Walkability64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workBOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsB−Open →Jobs & income9.3% unemploymentB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Pont ancien sur la Vézère
Pont ancien sur la Vézère · Inscrit · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Treignac’s story

Treignac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Treignac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2020.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1932First protected: Chapelle des Pénitents
  • 1963Most recently protected: Pont ancien sur la Vézère
  • 2020The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Treignac.

Who lives here

An older town: 44% of people in Treignac are 65 or over, more than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns

For Treignac, that is above both Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). 8.7% of residents are children under 15.

62median age
TreignacCorrèze medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 83 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 Treignac
TreignacCorrèze medianFrance median
Under 158.7%14%17%
15–247.3%9.6%11%
25–4413%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+44%27%22%
No diploma30%19%19%
CAP or BEP28%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%20%18%
Higher education21%26%30%

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

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Treignac than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.78/m² a month

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

Treignac sits below both Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,066/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Treignac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,066/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Treignac€1,066/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corrèze median€1,460/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,031/m²63
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.98 to €10.12/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources

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

History

More protected monuments for its size in Treignac than in Corrèze or compared French towns: 72 per 10,000 residents

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

That puts Treignac above both Corrèze’s towns (7.3) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2020. The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Treignac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

9historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit9
12th c.
oldest protected part
1932
first monument protected
2020
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
28%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Treignac has 1.6 jobs for every resident in work

15.0% of Treignac’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 73% drove.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
650
jobs based in Treignac, 1.6 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth B−

Treignac is 18.6 mi from the nearest emergency department

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

From 2016 to 2025, 409 residents of Treignac died, against 330 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Its care home for older people (116 places) counts its residents as Treignac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw124
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Treignac · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze
18.6 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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Treignac

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Treignac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame des Bans: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison avec bretêche: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne école privée, anciennement hôtel de la famille Forest de Faye: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Treignac

5 notable people were born in Treignac.

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Treignac’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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UzercheÉgletonsUzercheÉgletonsTreignac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Treignac1,256——A+—B−
Uzerche2,81414A−ADB
Égletons4,34115B+A−A−C

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

Questions about Treignac

Is Treignac safe?

Treignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 400 working residents, Treignac draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.

Is Treignac expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,066/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Treignac grades A+ for cost of living.

About Treignac

Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Treignac is a commune of 1,256 people in the Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources. 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
1,256 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vézère-Monédières-Millesources
Département
Corrèze (19)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
14.7 sq mi (38.1 km²)
INSEE code
19269

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.