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686 people live in this town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Boussac-Bourg a good place to live?

Boussac-Bourg has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. It skews older: two in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Boussac-Bourg stand out

The one thing Boussac-Bourg does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Martin et chapelle Notre-Dame, dites églises jumelles
Église Saint-Martin et chapelle Notre-Dame, dites églises jumelles · Classé · Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 4.0
Boussac-Bourg’s story

Boussac-Bourg in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boussac-Bourg: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Camille Ferrand, born in 1892, is the one person born in Boussac-Bourg before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1930First protected: Église Saint-Martin et chapelle Notre-Dame, dites églises j…
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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin et chapelle Notre-Dame, dites églises jumelles: Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boussac-Bourg.

Who lives here

Boussac-Bourg has fewer young adults than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 5% are 15 to 24

60.3median age

Degrees are held by 20% of adults, below Creuse’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 make up 8.6% of residents. The median resident of Boussac-Bourg is 60.3 years old.

Boussac-BourgCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Boussac-Bourg
Boussac-BourgCreuse medianFrance median
Under 158.6%12%17%
15–245%11%11%
25–4412%19%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+40%32%22%
No diploma23%24%19%
CAP or BEP32%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education20%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Boussac-Bourg: 24% were built before 1919, more than in Creuse’s towns and across compared French towns

1historic monument

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

Among the classé monuments in Boussac-Bourg is Église Saint-Martin et chapelle Notre-Dame, dites églises jumelles. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
12th c.
oldest protected part
1930
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Boussac-Bourg, 7.7%, runs below Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

8%walk, cycle or take transit

Median disposable income comes to €23,640 a year per consumption unit. For its 250 residents in work, Boussac-Bourg has 300 jobs: 1.2 each. 7.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Boussac-Bourg, 1.2 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Boussac-Bourg than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.35/m² a month

€7.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

House rents are put at about €6.61/m² a month. The market in Boussac-Bourg: 29 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Boussac-Bourg€7.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.73 to €9.42/m² a month)
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Boussac-Bourg

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Famous people from Boussac-Bourg

2 notable people were born in Boussac-Bourg.

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About Boussac-Bourg

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Boussac-Bourg is a commune of 686 people in the Creuse Confluence. 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
686 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Creuse Confluence
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
14.9 sq mi (38.6 km²)
INSEE code
23032

Boussac-Bourg’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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HurielDomératPrémilhatHurielDomératPrémilhatBoussac-Bourg
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Boussac-Bourg686—————
Huriel Allier2,53613—A+—C
Domérat Allier8,62216BAAC+
Prémilhat Allier2,54017—A—C−

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

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 November 4, 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.