Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health (C−). Walkability is weaker too (D): nearly two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Cognac-la-Forêt 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 Cognac-la-Forêt 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 Cognac-la-Forêt.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer people in Cognac-la-Forêt are out of work than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.1%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.2% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,830 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Cognac-la-Forêt, 0.2 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Cognac-la-Forêt has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Cognac-la-Forêt come to 100 per 100 predicted. 110 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, close to the 110 that France’s rates at each age predict. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Cognac-la-Forêt is Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien, 6.7 mi away. 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.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cognac-la-Forêt · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
6.7 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
Homes in Cognac-la-Forêt cost less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,378/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Cognac-la-Forêt recorded 48 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.54/m² a month.
€1,378/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cognac-la-Forêt€1,378/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,378/m²
48
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.27/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cognac-la-Forêt keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Cognac-la-Forêt is Lanterne des Morts. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Cognac-la-Forêt are 15 to 24: 5.7%, fewer than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. Half of Cognac-la-Forêt is older than 43.4, half younger.
43.4median age
Cognac-la-ForêtHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 Cognac-la-Forêt
Is Cognac-la-Forêt safe?
Cognac-la-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Cognac-la-Forêt expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cognac-la-Forêt grades B+ for cost of living.
About Cognac-la-Forêt
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cognac-la-Forêt is a commune of 1,188 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin. 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.
