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TercillatCreuse

A town of 158 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Tercillat a good place to live?

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

What makes Tercillat stand out

The 2 things Tercillat does most differently from other towns.

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Tercillat’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Tercillat’s story

No historic monuments in Tercillat

The Culture ministry lists no building in Tercillat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge, in Nouziers, 4.6 mi away.

54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tercillat.

Who lives here

Few people in Tercillat are 15 to 24: 3.7%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Tercillat below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 46% of the population.

63.5median age
TercillatCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tercillat
TercillatCreuse medianFrance median
Under 154.3%12%17%
15–243.7%11%11%
25–4414%19%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+46%32%22%
No diploma33%24%19%
CAP or BEP19%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education25%24%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Tercillat are out of work than in Creuse’s towns or across compared French towns: 20.0%

On this, Tercillat is above both Creuse’s towns (15.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Tercillat has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €19,060 a year per consumption unit.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving58%
On foot12%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Tercillat, 0.4 per working resident
20.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
27%
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 Tercillat 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.

In the comparison, Tercillat comes below both Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.19/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tercillat€7.19/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.72 to €9.03/m² a month)
€6.61/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 Tercillat

11pages on Tercillat

Landmarks

Nothing in Tercillat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Tercillat

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

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Tercillat’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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La ChâtreLa ChâtreTercillat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tercillat158—————
La Châtre Indre4,03712A−ADA−

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

About Tercillat

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tercillat is a commune of 158 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
158 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.4 sq mi (13.9 km²)
INSEE code
23252

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.