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Saint-PriestCreuse

A town of 149 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Priest a good place to live?

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

What makes Saint-Priest stand out

The 2 things Saint-Priest does most differently from other towns.

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Ancienne église du Tromps
Ancienne église du Tromps · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Priest’s story

Saint-Priest in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Priest: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

87% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Ancienne église du Tromps
  • 1936Most recently protected: Pont de Bonlieu
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Priest.

Who lives here

Saint-Priest has fewer young adults than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24

Among adults, 20% have a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, higher than both Creuse’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 11% of the town.

54median age
Saint-PriestCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma44%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Priest
Saint-PriestCreuse medianFrance median
Under 1511%12%17%
15–248%11%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+35%32%22%
No diploma44%24%19%
CAP or BEP15%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education20%24%30%

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

History

Saint-Priest keeps more of its old housing than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 87% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Priest: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne église du Tromps. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 1.8% of commuters in Saint-Priest go to work without a car, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,890 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 11.5%, below Creuse’s towns (15.4%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Saint-Priest: 50, for 50 residents in work (1.2 each).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Priest, 1.2 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Priest than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.62/m² a month

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

Sales in Saint-Priest from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.69/m² a month.

€7.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Priest€7.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.92 to €9.80/m² a month)
€6.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Priest

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Priest: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Pont de Bonlieu: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église du Tromps: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Priest

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Priest yet.

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Saint-Priest’s neighbors

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

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AubussonAubussonSaint-Priest
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Priest149—————
Aubusson3,01812C+ADD

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

About Saint-Priest

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Priest is a commune of 149 people in the Communauté de communes Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. 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
149 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.2 km²)
INSEE code
23234

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.