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Les Salles-LavauguyonHaute-Vienne

Home to 157 people, this town lies in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Les Salles-Lavauguyon a good place to live?

Les Salles-Lavauguyon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Just over a third of homes here are second homes.

What makes Les Salles-Lavauguyon stand out

The one thing Les Salles-Lavauguyon does most differently from other towns.

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Ancien prieuré
Ancien prieuré · Classé · Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Salles-Lavauguyon’s story

Les Salles-Lavauguyon in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Salles-Lavauguyon counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1907First protected: Église Saint-Eutrope
  • 1989Most recently protected: Ancien prieuré
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The data

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Who lives here

Children make up only 8.3% of Les Salles-Lavauguyon, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 5.7% of residents, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). 27% of residents are 65 or over. The age that splits Les Salles-Lavauguyon in two is 56.3.

56.3median age
Les Salles-LavauguyonHaute-Vienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

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 Les Salles-Lavauguyon
Les Salles-LavauguyonHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Under 158.3%16%17%
15–245.7%9.2%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6439%27%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma17%17%19%
CAP or BEP23%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education24%30%30%

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

History

Les Salles-Lavauguyon keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 38% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Les Salles-Lavauguyon is Ancien prieuré. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1907
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Les Salles-Lavauguyon run lower than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €19,910 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment is 12.7%. Les Salles-Lavauguyon holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. 9.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving67%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Les Salles-Lavauguyon, 1 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
24%
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 Les Salles-Lavauguyon costs less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.52/m² a month

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

Sales in Les Salles-Lavauguyon from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.

€8.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Les Salles-Lavauguyon€8.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Vienne median€10.01/m²
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €10.53/m² a month)
€6.93/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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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Salles-Lavauguyon counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Eutrope: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien prieuré: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Les Salles-Lavauguyon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Salles-Lavauguyon yet.

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Les Salles-Lavauguyon’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 →
RochechouartTerres-de-Haute-CharenteChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureSaint-JunienNontronLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisRochechouartTerres-de-Haute-CharenteChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureSaint-JunienNontronLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisLes Salles-Lavauguyon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Les Salles-Lavauguyon157—————
Rochechouart3,6038.9AAAB+
Terres-de-Haute-Charente Charente3,77711B−AB+D
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Charente3,11113BA−C+C
Saint-Junien11,41514A−AB−B
Nontron Dordogne3,05715A+AA−B+
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois Charente4,02515B+BB−A+

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

About Les Salles-Lavauguyon

Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Les Salles-Lavauguyon is a commune of 157 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
157 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
87189

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 9, 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.