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A town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,143 people.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. 28% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud 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 Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud 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.
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes du château, in Bourganeuf, 4.3 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud 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 Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.58/m² a month, about level with Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.43/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €765/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Creuse can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 150 deaths in Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud from 2016 to 2025; there were 164, 9% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud is Centre hospitalier de Gueret, 12.9 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,040 a year per consumption unit. 4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of adults hold a degree, below Creuse’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for just over a third of residents. Under-15s account for 12% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.5 violent offenses and 2.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes in Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud, armed robbery came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud is a commune of 1,143 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud | 1,143 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Guéret | 12,955 | 13 | B− | A | D | D |
| Sainte-Feyre | 2,566 | 13 | A+ | A | A+ | A− |
| Ambazac Haute-Vienne | 5,556 | 16 | B | A− | A | C− |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat Haute-Vienne | 4,366 | 16 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion Haute-Vienne | 2,901 | 18 | B+ | A | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud grades A for cost of living.
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 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.