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FromentalHaute-Vienne

524 people live in this town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Fromental a good place to live?

Fromental isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 18% of homes.

What makes Fromental stand out

The one thing Fromental does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen de Bagnol
Dolmen de Bagnol · Classé · Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fromental’s story

Fromental in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Fromental: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Gabriel Maugas, born in 1866, is the one person born in Fromental before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1945First protected: Dolmen de Bagnol
  • 2025Most recently protected: Domaine du château de Montautre
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Fromental: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Menhir des Fichades: Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · église Saint-Martin: Photo: Iveragh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine du château de Montautre: Photo: Ronanlegallo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dolmen de Bagnol: Photo: Fourgeaudg · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fromental.

History

Old homes shape Fromental: 37% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns

5historic monuments

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

The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Fromental is Dolmen de Bagnol. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments locally: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Fromental has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

48.7median age

Degrees are held by a quarter of adults. 16% are under 15, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.

FromentalHaute-Vienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fromental
FromentalHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–247.8%9.2%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+24%27%22%
No diploma16%17%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education25%30%30%

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

Work & commute

Fromental has lower unemployment than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%

7%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Fromental holds 100 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €25,250 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Fromental, 0.4 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,250
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 Fromental than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.57/m² a month

€7.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

22 houses and apartments changed hands in Fromental from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fromental€7.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Vienne median€10.01/m²
€7.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.89 to €9.73/m² a month)
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

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About Fromental

Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Fromental is a commune of 524 people in the Communauté de communes Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. 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
524 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Élan Limousin Avenir Nature
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.8 sq mi (22.8 km²)
INSEE code
87068

Fromental’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 →
Bessines-sur-GartempeLa SouterraineAmbazacBellacRilhac-RanconBessines-sur-GartempeLa SouterraineAmbazacBellacRilhac-RanconFromental
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fromental524—————
Bessines-sur-Gartempe2,7094.2A−A+A−C+
La Souterraine Creuse4,9786.5C+AC−B−
Ambazac5,55614BA−AC−
Bellac3,53718A−AC−B+
Rilhac-Rancon4,80518BB+A+C+

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

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.