Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (D). Health is a weak point (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cieux 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 Cieux 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cieux.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Cieux works less well than 94% of compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,930 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 10.0% are unemployed.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Cieux, 0.3 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Cieux cost less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,182/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.75/m² a month, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Cieux from July 2023 to June 2026: 30 houses and apartments. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.92/m² a month.
€1,182/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cieux€1,182/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,182/m²
30
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.05 to €10.85/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Cieux’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Cieux come to 100 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 105 residents of Cieux died, about as many as the 105 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Cieux is Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien, 9.5 mi away. In Haute-Vienne, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Cieux · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Cieux keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cieux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Menhir de Ceinturat. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Cieux than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 26% of adults
25% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of residents, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (11%). Ages in Cieux split evenly at 45.6: half are older, half younger.
45.6median age
CieuxHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cieux
Is Cieux safe?
Cieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Cieux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cieux grades A− for cost of living.
About Cieux
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cieux is a commune of 1,003 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche. 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.
