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Home to 1,040 people, this town lies in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 1.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car (C−). Second homes make up a quarter of its housing.
Bussière-Dunoise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Bussière-Dunoise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bussière-Dunoise 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.
Bussière-Dunoise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bussière-Dunoise has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bussière-Dunoise.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.23/m² a month, below Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €6.30/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 62 houses and apartments changed hands in Bussière-Dunoise from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €676/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Creuse’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Among adults, 21% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Bussière-Dunoise | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,090 a year per consumption unit, between Creuse’s towns (€22,570) and compared French towns (€25,970). Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. No commute at all: 5.0% of working residents in Bussière-Dunoise at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bussière-Dunoise has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 313 residents of Bussière-Dunoise died, against 247 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Bussière-Dunoise is Centre hospitalier de Gueret, 8.2 mi away. Women in Creuse live to 84.6 on average and men to 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Of the graded crimes in Bussière-Dunoise, armed robbery came up most often (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.8 violent offenses and 3.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
The list names few of Bussière-Dunoise’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Symphorien: Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Bussière-Dunoise.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussière-Dunoise | 1,040 | — | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Guéret | 12,955 | 7.9 | B− | A | D | D |
| Sainte-Feyre | 2,566 | 10 | A+ | A | A+ | A− |
| La Souterraine | 4,978 | 13 | C+ | A | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bussière-Dunoise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bussière-Dunoise grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bussière-Dunoise is a commune of 1,040 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret. 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.