Fursac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 25% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 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 Fursac 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 Fursac.
HousingCost of living A+
The median sale price of homes in Fursac is €889/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 81 sales of houses and apartments in Fursac from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,137/m² for the median of compared towns in Creuse.
€889/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fursac€889/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€889/m²
80
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.55/m² a month)
2.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Bénévent Grand Bourg
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 4.9% of commuters in Fursac go to work without a car, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Fursac comes below both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 8.9%. Fursac has 300 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Fursac, 0.6 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Fursac is 17.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Fursac. Adjusted for age and care homes, Fursac records 99 deaths per 100 expected, close to Creuse’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Fursac · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
17.2 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
Fursac keeps more of its old housing than Creuse or compared French towns: 39% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Fursac, that is above both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Fursac: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Fursac is Église Saint-Jean et chapelle Saint-Fiacre.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fursac
Is Fursac safe?
Fursac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 2.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Fursac expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.23/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fursac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Fursac
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Fursac is a commune of 1,430 people in the Communauté de communes de Bénévent Grand Bourg. 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
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.
