Bonnat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 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.
Each subject compares Bonnat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bonnat.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Bonnat costs less than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €798/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.00/m² a month, close to Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €6.30/m² a month. The market in Bonnat: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€798/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bonnat€798/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€798/m²
53
€8.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.40 to €10.00/m² a month)
2.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than expected: Bonnat is above 86% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 275 deaths in Bonnat from 2016 to 2025; there were 396, 44% more. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Bonnat’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% above expected. At birth, a girl in Creuse can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Bonnat is Centre hospitalier de Gueret, 11.1 mi away.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw144
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bonnat · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bonnat has fewer young adults than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by a fifth of adults. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Creuse’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
55.5median age
BonnatCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Bonnat than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €22,930 a year per consumption unit, near Creuse’s towns (€22,570) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 11.9%. For its 450 residents in work, Bonnat has 550 jobs: 1.1 each.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
550
jobs based in Bonnat, 1.1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bonnat
Is Bonnat safe?
Bonnat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bonnat expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bonnat grades A+ for cost of living.
About Bonnat
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bonnat is a commune of 1,357 people in the Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche. 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
1,357 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche
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.
