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Home to 1,109 people, this town lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jourgnac’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Jourgnac 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 Jourgnac 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.
Jourgnac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Jourgnac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jourgnac.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,290 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 1.0% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Jourgnac number 50, against 550 residents in work (0.1 per worker). Unemployment runs at 6.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Jourgnac from 2016 to 2025; there were 52, 28% fewer. In Haute-Vienne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Jourgnac is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren Limoges, 5.4 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
33% of adults hold a degree, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The under-15s are 20% of the population here. The middle age in Jourgnac is 42.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Jourgnac | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.44/m² a month. 19 houses and apartments changed hands in Jourgnac from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Jourgnac; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graded property crimes ran at 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.3 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in Jourgnac was armed robbery (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Jourgnac. Best known first.
Jourgnac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jourgnac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jourgnac | 1,109 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Bosmie-l'Aiguille | 2,667 | 2.4 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Condat-sur-Vienne | 5,281 | 4.1 | B | C+ | A | B |
| Nexon | 2,548 | 4.1 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Isle | 7,995 | 4.8 | A− | B− | A− | A− |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne | 5,890 | 5.5 | A− | A | A | C+ |
| Boisseuil | 3,010 | 6.1 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Jourgnac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jourgnac is a commune of 1,109 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Vienne. 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.