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245 residents make their home in this town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Population
245
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€8.00
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Median income
€22,190
a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970
Walk, cycle, transit
4%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Nouziers a good place to live?

Nouziers isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 18% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 41% of the population.

What makes Nouziers stand out

The 2 things Nouziers does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
18%2%NouziersMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
41%22%NouziersMedianResidents 65 and over
Who lives here
41% are 65 or over
of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town
Median age 61.2. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge · Classé · Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nouziers’ story

Nouziers in pictures

Nouziers has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1930First protected: Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nouziers.

Who lives here

Nouziers has fewer young adults than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 7.5%, lower than both Creuse’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: just over two in five residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 21% of adults.

61.2median age
NouziersCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Nouziers
NouziersCreuse medianFrance median
Under 157.5%12%17%
15–244.6%11%11%
25–4416%19%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+41%32%22%
No diploma28%24%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education21%24%30%
Full pageNouziers’ Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages61.2 median age · 41% are 65 or overHouseholds140 households · 1.8 people per householdBorn abroad8.5% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Nouziers?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Nouziers keeps more of its old housing than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 52% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Nouziers is Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1930
first monument protected
Full pageNouziers’ history pageOpen the page
Age of homes52% built before 1919 · Older homesMap1 historic monumentClassé1 classé · France’s highest protectionQuestions“How many historic monuments are there in Nouziers?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Nouziers than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 3.8%

Half of residents lived on more than €22,190 a year per consumption unit, near Creuse’s towns (€22,570) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 17.7% are unemployed. Jobs located in Nouziers: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.3 each).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Nouziers, 0.3 per working resident
17.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
16%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pageNouziers’ work & commute pageOpen the page
Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transitJobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.3 per working residentMedian income€22,190 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Nouziers than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.00/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Nouziers recorded 18 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nouziers€8.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€8.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.40 to €10.00/m² a month)
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pageNouziers’ cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€8.00/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Nouziers

11pages on Nouziers
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 18.6 mi awayWork & commute50 jobs based hereHousing18 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
OutdoorsClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 61.2History1 historic monumentTown HallFamous people

Landmarks

Nouziers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Église de la Nativité-de-la-ViergeChurch · 11th c.
Classé
Église Sainte-ValérieChurch · 12th c. · in Linard-Malval, 6.5 mi
Classé
Église Saint-SylvainChurch · 13th & 14th c. · in Bonnat, 7.4 mi
Classé
Église du prieuré Saint-EtienneChurch · 12th & 15th c. · in Chassignolles, 8 mi
Photo credits

Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Nouziers

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nouziers yet.

How we find them →

Nouziers’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Creuse →
La ChâtreLa ChâtreNouziers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nouziers245—————
La Châtre Indre4,03711A−ADA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Nouziers

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouziers is a commune of 245 people in the Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche. 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
245 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.6 km²)
INSEE code
23148

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.