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JaverdatHaute-Vienne

The town has 733 residents and lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Javerdat a good place to live?

Javerdat is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Dolmen de Rouffignac
Dolmen de Rouffignac · Inscrit · Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0
Javerdat’s story

Javerdat in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Javerdat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1987.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1987First protected: Dolmen de Rouffignac
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Javerdat.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Javerdat are 65 or over, fewer than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Residents of Javerdat have a median age of 44.4.

44.4median age
JaverdatHaute-Vienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Javerdat
JaverdatHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2411%9.2%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+17%27%22%
No diploma23%17%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education25%30%30%

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

History

Javerdat keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

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

Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Javerdat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1987
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Javerdat than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,260 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 3.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Javerdat number 100, against 350 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Unemployment runs at 10.6%.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Javerdat, 0.3 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Javerdat costs less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.75/m² a month

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

Houses were 96% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Javerdat.

€8.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Javerdat€8.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Vienne median€10.01/m²
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.05 to €10.85/m² a month)
€7.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Javerdat

11pages on Javerdat

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Javerdat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Menhir du Pic: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de Rouffignac: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Javerdat

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Javerdat yet.

How we find them →

Javerdat’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 →
Oradour-sur-GlaneSaint-JunienVerneuil-sur-VienneRochechouartBellacAixe-sur-VienneOradour-sur-GlaneSaint-JunienVerneuil-sur-VienneRochechouartBellacAixe-sur-VienneJaverdat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Javerdat733—————
Oradour-sur-Glane2,5502.9—A−—B+
Saint-Junien11,4155.7A−AB−B
Verneuil-sur-Vienne4,90311A+BA+A−
Rochechouart3,60311AAAB+
Bellac3,53712A−AC−B+
Aixe-sur-Vienne5,89013A−AAC+

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

About Javerdat

Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Javerdat is a commune of 733 people in the Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin. 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
733 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
9.9 sq mi (25.5 km²)
INSEE code
87078

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 October 30, 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.