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Toulx-Sainte-CroixCreuse

Population 252: a town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Toulx-Sainte-Croix a good place to live?

There are no grades for Toulx-Sainte-Croix: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 30% of homes. It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Toulx-Sainte-Croix stand out

The 2 things Toulx-Sainte-Croix does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martial
Église Saint-Martial · Classé · Photo: Jennifer5 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toulx-Sainte-Croix’s story

Toulx-Sainte-Croix in pictures

Toulx-Sainte-Croix has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

66% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Mégalithes dits Les Pierres Jaumatres
  • 1991Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Martial
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Toulx-Sainte-Croix.

Who lives here

Few people in Toulx-Sainte-Croix are 15 to 24: 3.6%, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Creuse’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 12% of residents. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.

59median age
Toulx-Sainte-CroixCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Toulx-Sainte-Croix
Toulx-Sainte-CroixCreuse medianFrance median
Under 1512%12%17%
15–243.6%11%11%
25–4410%19%23%
45–6437%26%26%
65+37%32%22%
No diploma22%24%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education20%24%30%

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

History

Toulx-Sainte-Croix keeps more of its old housing than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 66% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Toulx-Sainte-Croix is Mégalithes dits Les Pierres Jaumatres. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
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

Toulx-Sainte-Croix has lower unemployment than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,380 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Toulx-Sainte-Croix number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.6 per worker). No commute at all: 21.8% of working residents in the town at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving72%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Toulx-Sainte-Croix, 0.6 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
22%
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 Toulx-Sainte-Croix costs less than in Creuse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.35/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 13 homes were sold in Toulx-Sainte-Croix.

€7.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Toulx-Sainte-Croix€7.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.73 to €9.42/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 Toulx-Sainte-Croix

11pages on Toulx-Sainte-Croix

Landmarks

Toulx-Sainte-Croix has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Mégalithes dits Les Pierres Jaumatres: Photo: Félix Potuit · Public domain · Chapelle Saint-Martial: Photo: Antoine Garnier · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Toulx-Sainte-Croix

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Toulx-Sainte-Croix yet.

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Toulx-Sainte-Croix’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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HurielPrémilhatDomératSainte-FeyreHurielPrémilhatDomératSainte-FeyreToulx-Sainte-Croix
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Toulx-Sainte-Croix252—————
Huriel Allier2,53614—A+—C
Prémilhat Allier2,54017—A—C−
Domérat Allier8,62217BAAC+
Sainte-Feyre2,56617A+AA+A−

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

About Toulx-Sainte-Croix

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Toulx-Sainte-Croix is a commune of 252 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
252 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Creuse Confluence
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
13.6 sq mi (35.1 km²)
INSEE code
23254

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.