At under 1,000 residents, Dournazac is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. Homes sell for a median €1,019/m². It skews older: 42% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Dournazac stand out
The 3 things Dournazac does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dournazac.
Who lives here
Dournazac has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5% are 15 to 24
13% of residents are children under 15. The age that splits Dournazac in two is 60.2.
60.2median age
DournazacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
History
Old homes shape Dournazac: 31% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Dournazac has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Château de Montbrun. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Money is tighter in Dournazac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,170 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.9%, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 4.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 200 residents in work, Dournazac has 150 jobs: 0.6 each.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Dournazac, 0.6 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Dournazac
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Dournazac is a commune of 672 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
672 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus
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.
