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A town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,045 people.
Aureil’s strongest is jobs & income (B+) — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. Where it falls short is walkability (D−). At the median price of €1,900/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. Homes go for a median €1,900/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Aureil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Aureil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aureil 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.
Aureil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aureil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de Rigoulène, in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 3 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aureil.
At the census, 1.6% of commuters got to work without a car. 4.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,130 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
74 deaths in Aureil between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 86: 14% below. In Haute-Vienne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Aureil is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 5.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.70/m² a month, between Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 33 homes in Aureil. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.17/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,900/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Aureil | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Aureil. Best known first.
Nothing in Aureil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Aureil as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureil | 1,045 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel | 2,606 | 3.4 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Feytiat | 6,176 | 3.7 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Boisseuil | 3,010 | 4.5 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat | 4,366 | 4.9 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Panazol | 11,342 | 5.1 | A | B | A | A+ |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 5.8 | B | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aureil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aureil grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Aureil is a commune of 1,045 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. 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 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.