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DinsacHaute-Vienne

242 people call this town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Dinsac a good place to live?

There are no grades for Dinsac: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 16% of its housing. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Dinsac stand out

The 2 things Dinsac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dinsac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Dinsac’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Dinsac; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1990First protected: Pont du Moulin de la Barre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dinsac.

Who lives here

Dinsac has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4% are 15 to 24

13% are under 15, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 14% of adults. Line up the people of Dinsac by age and the one in the middle is 57.3.

57.3median age
DinsacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP43%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Dinsac
DinsacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–244.4%9.2%11%
25–4414%20%23%
45–6438%27%26%
65+31%27%22%
No diploma19%17%19%
CAP or BEP43%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education14%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Dinsac: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Dinsac; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1990
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Dinsac, 4.8%, runs below Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.0% of commuters at the census. The median disposable income was €23,620 a year per consumption unit, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Dinsac, 0.2 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Dinsac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.39/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.98/m² a month. 12 houses and apartments changed hands in Dinsac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dinsac€8.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Vienne median€10.01/m²
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.56 to €10.73/m² a month)
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dinsac

13pages on Dinsac

Landmarks

Dinsac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Dinsac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dinsac yet.

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Dinsac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haute-Vienne →
BellacBessines-sur-GartempeMontmorillonLa SouterraineBellacBessines-sur-GartempeMontmorillonLa SouterraineDinsac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dinsac242—————
Bellac3,5378.3A−AC−B+
Bessines-sur-Gartempe2,70915A−A+A−C+
Montmorillon Vienne5,82118BACA−
La Souterraine Creuse4,97818C+AC−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Dinsac

Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Dinsac is a commune of 242 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

Population
242 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.5 sq mi (19.3 km²)
INSEE code
87056

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.