Magnac-Bourg’s strongest is schools (A−) — brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Magnac-Bourg 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 Magnac-Bourg 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Magnac-Bourg cost less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,475/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.86/m² a month. The market in Magnac-Bourg: 43 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,475/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Magnac-Bourg€1,475/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,475/m²
43
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.27/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Briance Sud Haute Vienne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Magnac-Bourg than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 24% of adults
27% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 15%, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.9% of residents.
48median age
Magnac-BourgHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Magnac-Bourg: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Magnac-Bourg is Église Saint-Jacques. On the Culture ministry’s list, Magnac-Bourg counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Magnac-Bourg run lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Magnac-Bourg. The nearest emergency department to Magnac-Bourg is Centre hospitalier Jacques Boutard St Yrieix, 12.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 140 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 120, 14% fewer. In Haute-Vienne, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Magnac-Bourg · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jacques Boutard St Yrieix
16.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Magnac-Bourg than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,490 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 8.8%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Magnac-Bourg, 0.5 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Magnac-Bourg
Is Magnac-Bourg safe?
Magnac-Bourg has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Magnac-Bourg good?
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Magnac-Bourg expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Magnac-Bourg grades A− for cost of living.
About Magnac-Bourg
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Magnac-Bourg is a commune of 1,121 people in the Communauté de communes Briance Sud Haute 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
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.
