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A town of 721 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Pionnat a good place to live?

Pionnat is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Pionnat stand out

The 2 things Pionnat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ancienne abbaye des Ternes
Ancienne abbaye des Ternes · Inscrit · Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pionnat’s story

Pionnat in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Pionnat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1981.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1981First protected: Ancienne abbaye des Ternes
  • 1984Most recently protected: Oppidum de Châteauvieux
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pionnat.

Who lives here

Few people in Pionnat are 15 to 24: 8.9%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Pionnat is below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 16% of residents are children under 15.

47.6median age
PionnatCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pionnat
PionnatCreuse medianFrance median
Under 1516%12%17%
15–248.9%11%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+26%32%22%
No diploma13%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%28%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Pionnat: 35% were built before 1919, more than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns

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

In the comparison, Pionnat comes above both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Pionnat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Pionnat is Oppidum de Châteauvieux.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
Level not given1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1981
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Pionnat walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4%

For Pionnat, that is below both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Pionnat has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment stands at 11.2%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Pionnat, 0.3 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Pionnat costs less than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.19/m² a month

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

Pionnat sits below both Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €617/m², comes from 32 sales of houses and apartments in Pionnat from July 2023 to June 2026.

€617/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Pionnat€617/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€617/m²32
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.72 to €9.03/m² a month)
€6.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pionnat

12pages on Pionnat

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Pionnat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Viaduc de Busseau-sur-Creuse: Photo: Original téléversé par Accrochoc sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Pionnat

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pionnat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Pionnat’s 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 →
Sainte-FeyreGuéretAubussonSainte-FeyreGuéretAubussonPionnat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pionnat721—————
Sainte-Feyre2,5665.6A+AA+A−
Guéret12,9557.3B−ADD
Aubusson3,01816C+ADD

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

About Pionnat

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pionnat is a commune of 721 people in the Creuse Confluence. 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
721 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Creuse Confluence
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
16.4 sq mi (42.5 km²)
INSEE code
23154

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.