Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Overall, Aixe-sur-Vienne earns an A−: better than 85% of compared French towns, and #5 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. Police record less crime here than in most towns (A): an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its schools fall short: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At €1,602/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Vienne. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aixe-sur-Vienne 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.
Vestiges du château des vicomtes de Limoges: Photo: Fredtoul31 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Losmonerie: Photo: Rslr22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aixe-sur-Vienne.
Safety
Crime per resident in Aixe-sur-Vienne runs lower than in 90% of compared French towns
3.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
In 2025, 70 offenses were recorded in Aixe-sur-Vienne. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 70 offenses in the graded categories locally in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Family violence21
Burglary21
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Theft without violence20
Drug use9
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.
3.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
70
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 7.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A
Aixe-sur-Vienne is graded an A for cost of living
€1,602/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,602/m²: 167 houses and apartments sold in Aixe-sur-Vienne between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.66/m² a month, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 92% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aixe-sur-Vienne€1,602/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,667/m²
153
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.76 to €12.04/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Val de Vienne
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Aixe-sur-Vienne is a graduates’ town: 34% hold a degree, more than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
47.3median age
27% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) but below compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
Aixe-sur-VienneHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1997
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 12% of the housing. Since 1997, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The protected list starts in the 13th century. 2 of the 3 are houses and mansions.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
13th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
1997
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Aixe-sur-Vienne sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 84 in Haute-Vienne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 768 deaths in Aixe-sur-Vienne from 2016 to 2025; there were 768, about as many. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Aixe-sur-Vienne can choose among 6 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Aixe-sur-Vienne · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren Limoges
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique des Emailleurs Colombier Limoges
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Aixe-sur-Vienne has 0.8 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
8%walk, cycle or take transit
The unemployment rate comes to 8.1%. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Aixe-sur-Vienne didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,900
jobs based in Aixe-sur-Vienne, 0.8 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
Aixe-sur-Vienne is a commune of 5,890 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Vienne. 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
5,890 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Val de Vienne
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.7 sq mi (22.7 km²)
INSEE code
87001
Aixe-sur-Vienne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aixe-sur-Vienne
Is Aixe-sur-Vienne safe?
It grades A for safety, #7 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aixe-sur-Vienne good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #8 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aixe-sur-Vienne expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,602/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aixe-sur-Vienne grades A for cost of living.
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.
