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A town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 197 people.
Jouac isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 29% of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 39% of residents.
The 2 things Jouac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Jouac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Léger, in Saint-Léger-Magnazeix, 4.4 mi away.
54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jouac.
Children are 11% of the town. 7.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). At 60.6, the median resident of Jouac sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Jouac | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 11% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 10% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Jouac: 50, for 50 residents in work (1 each). At the census, 10.2% of working residents in Jouac didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stood at 9.8%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.06/m² a month. The market in Jouac: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Jouac. Best known first.
Nothing in Jouac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jouac yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouac | 197 | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Souterraine Creuse | 4,978 | 13 | C+ | A | C− | B− |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe | 2,709 | 18 | A− | A+ | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jouac is a commune of 197 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche. 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
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.