Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 96 residents in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
There are no grades for La Pouge: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 24% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things La Pouge does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Pouge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Ponsat, in Saint-Georges-la-Pouge, 2.3 mi away.
58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Pouge.
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, about level with Creuse’s towns (32%) and above compared French towns (22%). Children are 16% of the town.
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Pouge | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 10.5%, lower than Creuse’s towns (15.4%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). 11.1% of La Pouge’s working residents had no journey to work 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.
Sales in La Pouge from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Pouge is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Pouge yet.
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 Pouge | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aubusson | 3,018 | 11 | C+ | A | D | D |
| Sainte-Feyre | 2,566 | 13 | A+ | A | A+ | A− |
| Guéret | 12,955 | 14 | B− | A | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Pouge is a commune of 96 people in the Creuse Sud Ouest. 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) · 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.