Châteauponsac’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Châteauponsac 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 Châteauponsac 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Châteauponsac: 36% are 65 or over, above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
6.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Among adults, 22% have a degree.
55.9median age
ChâteauponsacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Châteauponsac is 22 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (88 places) count their residents as Châteauponsac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. One GP practises locally. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 378 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 401, 6% more.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Châteauponsac · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
22 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Francois Chenieux
22 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
Châteauponsac is rich in protected monuments: 29 per 10,000 residents, more than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Châteauponsac is Camp antique dit du Peu du Barry ou Camp de Chégurat. The town has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. 28% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Châteauponsac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,220 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 8.2%, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Châteauponsac didn’t travel to work at all.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Châteauponsac, 0.8 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Châteauponsac
Is Châteauponsac safe?
Châteauponsac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Châteauponsac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,057/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Châteauponsac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Châteauponsac
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Châteauponsac is a commune of 2,034 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
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.
