Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,100/m² takes 3.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Vassivière. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Eymoutiers 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 Eymoutiers 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.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eymoutiers.
Who lives here
Eymoutiers skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
55.3median age
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 6.6% of residents. Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Eymoutiers are older than 55.3.
EymoutiersHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Eymoutiers run lower than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,080 a year per consumption unit
24%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 750 residents in work, Eymoutiers has 1,000 jobs: 1.4 each. 7.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 11.4% of working residents in Eymoutiers didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
On foot14%
Public transport8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Eymoutiers, 1.4 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Homes in Eymoutiers cost less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,100/m²
€1,100/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.87/m² a month, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Eymoutiers: 83 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.43/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Eymoutiers€1,100/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,151/m²
78
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.37/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes de Vassivière
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Eymoutiers sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Eymoutiers is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 22.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 356 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 427, 20% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Eymoutiers can choose among 2 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Eymoutiers · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
22.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Francois Chenieux
24.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Eymoutiers: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 5. Since 1996, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Eymoutiers: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is église Saint-Étienne.
Eymoutiers is a commune of 2,042 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Vassivière. 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
2,042 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes de Vassivière
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
27.2 sq mi (70.5 km²)
INSEE code
87064
Eymoutiers’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Eymoutiers
Is Eymoutiers safe?
Eymoutiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Eymoutiers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Eymoutiers grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
