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It is a town of 202 residents in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Balledent is too small for the grades other French towns get. A third of its homes are second homes. 34% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Balledent does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Balledent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Thyrse, in Châteauponsac, 3.2 mi away.
54% 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 Balledent.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Balledent by age and the one in the middle is 52.5.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Balledent | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Balledent counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). No commute at all: 6.9% of working residents locally at the census. 8.9% of the labour force were unemployed, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
A house rents for an estimated €7.98/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 19 homes were sold in Balledent.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Balledent. Best known first.
Nothing in Balledent is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Balledent yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balledent | 202 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe | 2,709 | 7 | A− | A+ | A− | C+ |
| Bellac | 3,537 | 7.9 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Ambazac | 5,556 | 14 | B | A− | A | C− |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 15 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,550 | 15 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| La Souterraine Creuse | 4,978 | 16 | C+ | A | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Balledent is a commune of 202 people in the Communauté de communes Gartempe - Saint-Pardoux. 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) · 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.