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The town, home to 5,556 people, lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Recorded crime is low: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The catch is health (C−). It lags on walkability as well (C−): 32% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Overall, that makes a B, good for #17 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. That leaves it better than 56% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Ambazac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ambazac 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Ambazac counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1980.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ambazac.
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Ambazac (2025). In all, 95 offenses reached the police record in the town in 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 · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
1,300 jobs are based in Ambazac, for 2,250 working residents (0.6 per worker). 8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Ambazac didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.00/m² a month, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest. A house rents for an estimated €8.25/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,595/m² | 160 |
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.
Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Adjusted for age and care homes, Ambazac records 100 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 768 residents of Ambazac died, against 630 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. The nearest emergency department to Ambazac is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 11 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #13 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 87%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of residents, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Ages in Ambazac split evenly at 47.5: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ambazac | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Ambazac is Domaine de Montméry. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ambazac counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Domaine de Montméry: Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grange de Coudier: Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Ambazac.
Catherine Cesarsky: ESO, CC BY 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambazac | 5,556 | — | B | A− | A | C− |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion | 2,901 | 4 | B+ | A | A+ | C− |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 4.7 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 6.6 | B | B | A | B+ |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel | 2,606 | 6.7 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat | 4,366 | 9.1 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Panazol | 11,342 | 9.2 | A | B | A | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #7 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #13 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ambazac grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ambazac is a commune of 5,556 people in the Communauté de communes Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. 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
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.
