Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C−) — 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Grand-Bourg 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.
Each subject compares Le Grand-Bourg 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.
Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge: Photo: Accrochoc · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Grand-Bourg.
HousingCost of living A+
A home in Le Grand-Bourg sells for €851/m², less than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns
€851/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.58/m² a month, close to Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €6.34/m² a month. The market in Le Grand-Bourg: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Grand-Bourg€851/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€851/m²
53
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.75 to €10.90/m² a month)
2.5
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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 4.8% of commuters in Le Grand-Bourg go to work without a car, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,970 a year per consumption unit, higher than Creuse’s towns (€22,570) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 9.0% of the labour force are out of work.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Le Grand-Bourg, 0.8 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Le Grand-Bourg is above 77% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Grand-Bourg is Centre hospitalier de Gueret, 10.4 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Le Grand-Bourg come to 99 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 146 residents of Le Grand-Bourg died, against 147 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Average lifespans in Creuse: 84.6 years for women, 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Le Grand-Bourg · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
10.4 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
Few people in Le Grand-Bourg are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
50.6median age
Children under 15 make up 14%, between Creuse’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). 29% of residents are 65 or over. Graduates make up 22% of adults.
Le Grand-BourgCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Le Grand-Bourg is a commune of 1,167 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
Population
1,167 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Bénévent Grand Bourg
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
30.4 sq mi (78.7 km²)
INSEE code
23095
Le Grand-Bourg’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Grand-Bourg
Is Le Grand-Bourg safe?
Le Grand-Bourg has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Grand-Bourg expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Grand-Bourg grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
