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This town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 707.
La Courtine has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
The one thing La Courtine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Courtine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du 16e siècle, in Malleret, 5 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Courtine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Courtine.
Graduates make up 14% of adults. 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half of La Courtine is older than 54.9, half younger.
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.
| La Courtine | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €23,850 a year per consumption unit, higher than Creuse’s towns (€22,570) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in La Courtine number 550, against 300 residents in work (1.9 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 11.1% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 26 homes in La Courtine.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Courtine yet.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Courtine is a commune of 707 people in the Communauté de communes Haute-Corrèze Communauté. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Courtine | 707 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ussel Corrèze | 9,187 | 11 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| Aubusson | 3,018 | 18 | C+ | A | D | D |
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.