Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability — 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Second homes make up 17% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Bussière-Galant 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.
Each subject compares Bussière-Galant 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.
Église de Saint-Nicolas-Courbefy: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bussière-Galant.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Bussière-Galant costs less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.60/m² a month
€1,033/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,033/m², below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€1,607/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus. Sales in Bussière-Galant from July 2023 to June 2026: 78 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bussière-Galant€1,033/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,033/m²
78
€8.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.93 to €10.68/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Bussière-Galant are 15 to 24: 5%, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
58.6median age
People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 11% of residents are children under 15. Typical age in Bussière-Galant: 58.6, the median.
Bussière-GalantHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Bussière-Galant run lower than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,090 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Bussière-Galant, 0.6 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Bussière-Galant keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bussière-Galant, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Bussière-Galant has a higher adjusted death rate than 50% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Vienne can expect 84.4 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 189 deaths in Bussière-Galant between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 215: 12% below. The nearest emergency department to Bussière-Galant is Centre hospitalier Jacques Boutard St Yrieix, 11 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bussière-Galant · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jacques Boutard St Yrieix
16.1 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
Bussière-Galant is a commune of 1,298 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus. 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
1,298 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
20.8 sq mi (53.8 km²)
INSEE code
87027
Bussière-Galant’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 Bussière-Galant
Is Bussière-Galant safe?
Bussière-Galant 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 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bussière-Galant expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bussière-Galant 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.
