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The town, home to 1,345 people, lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.9% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Eyjeaux 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 Eyjeaux 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.
Eyjeaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Eyjeaux does most differently from other towns.
Eyjeaux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Eyjeaux’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de l'Ordination-de-Saint-Martin: Photo: Bnico · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eyjeaux.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,680 a year per consumption unit, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). 2.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The jobless rate is 4.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Vienne live to 84.4 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths in Eyjeaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 7% more. The nearest emergency department to Eyjeaux is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 5.3 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Degrees are held by 35% of adults, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Over-65s are 15% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Eyjeaux | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Eyjeaux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.17/m² a month. Eyjeaux recorded 22 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Eyjeaux. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Eyjeaux yet.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Eyjeaux is a commune of 1,345 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyjeaux | 1,345 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Boisseuil | 3,010 | 2.7 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Feytiat | 6,176 | 3.2 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel | 2,606 | 5.2 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Panazol | 11,342 | 5.3 | A | B | A | A+ |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat | 4,366 | 6.7 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 6.9 | B | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Eyjeaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 8, 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.