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A town of 4,322 in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Ussac grades A− overall: better than 80% of compared French towns, and #4 of 11 in Corrèze. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,992/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1 job per working resident; 6.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Ussac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ussac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ussac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Ussac. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Labenche3.6 km southeast, in Brive-la-Gaillarde
MuseumChapelle Saint-Libéral de Brive-la-Gaillarde3.3 km southeast, in Brive-la-Gaillarde
MuseumCentre d'études et musée Edmond-Michelet3.5 km south, in Brive-la-GaillardeFortFortCastrum de Malemort4.3 km east, in MalemortAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré Saint-Xantin4.9 km east, in MalemortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ussac.
2.5% 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 median disposable income is €28,990 a year per consumption unit. Ussac has 1,850 jobs for 1,900 working residents, 1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
No compared town in Corrèze has less graded crime per resident than Ussac: it ranks first of 11. Police and gendarmerie recorded 52 offenses in the graded categories in Ussac in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 9.2% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
91.5% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Ussac, close to Corrèze’s towns (92.6%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LurçatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 89%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Simone VeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 204 | 88%−5 pts |
| Collège Jean MoulinBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 84%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Ussac comes below both Corrèze’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 286 residents of Ussac died, against 351 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ussac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Ussac, that is below both Corrèze’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). 16% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ussac | Corrèze median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,992/m², comes from 118 sales of houses and apartments in Ussac from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 13 towns in Corrèze costs more to buy into than Ussac, whose median sale is €1,992/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.44/m² a month, above Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,011/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Ussac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ussac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ussac | 4,322 | — | A− | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 47,095 | 2.1 | C+ | B | C | B |
| Donzenac | 2,733 | 2.8 | — | A− | — | B |
| Malemort | 8,239 | 3.2 | A− | B | A− | A |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche | 5,091 | 4.6 | A− | B− | A | B+ |
| Cosnac | 3,044 | 4.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Allassac | 4,081 | 5.1 | B− | A− | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 11 in Corrèze. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #8 of 12 in Corrèze. 88% of 204 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Simone Veil in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,992/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ussac grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ussac is a commune of 4,322 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 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.