Flavignac’s strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% 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) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Flavignac 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 Flavignac 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 Flavignac.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Money is tighter in Flavignac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,190 a year per consumption unit
4.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment runs at 8.5%. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Flavignac didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Flavignac, 0.4 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Flavignac is above 81% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Flavignac come to 101 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 103 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 104, 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Flavignac is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren Limoges, 10.3 mi away. Life expectancy in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Flavignac · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren Limoges
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique des Emailleurs Colombier Limoges
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Flavignac costs less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,352/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.94/m² a month, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold in Flavignac. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €9.33/m² a month.
€1,352/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Flavignac€1,352/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,352/m²
32
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.27/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Flavignac than in Haute-Vienne or compared French towns: 47 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 5 historic monuments in Flavignac; none is classé, France’s top protection. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Flavignac has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, lower than Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Flavignac in two is 46.7.
46.7median age
FlavignacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ancienne église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Texon: Photo: Nbba · CC BY 3.0 · Colombier de la Ribière: Photo: Dominique Robert Repérant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge: Photo: Nbba · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Faye: Photo: Dominique Robert Repérant · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Flavignac
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Flavignac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Flavignac
Is Flavignac safe?
Flavignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 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 Flavignac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Flavignac grades A− for cost of living.
About Flavignac
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Flavignac is a commune of 1,058 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
1,058 (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.
