Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is its weak spot: an average of 14.1 recorded violent incidents and 14 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Magnac-Laval 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-Laval 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Magnac-Laval.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Magnac-Laval, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (11%). Just over two in five residents have reached 65. Graduates make up 12% of adults.
59.7median age
Magnac-LavalHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
41%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education12%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
A home in Magnac-Laval sells for €685/m², less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.66/m² a month, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Magnac-Laval: 98 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.48/m² a month.
€685/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Magnac-Laval€685/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€685/m²
98
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.75 to €11.13/m² a month)
2.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,160
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Magnac-Laval loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 74 per 100 expected, below Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Magnac-Laval is Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon, 20.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 445 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 545, 23% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Magnac-Laval · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon
26.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Magnac-Laval sees more crime per resident than 76% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Magnac-Laval were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Its tally for 2025: 52 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Magnac-Laval (750 to 500): it draws people in from around.
14.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage19
Other physical violence13
Family violence10
Sexual violence10
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
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.
14.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
52
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
History
Old homes shape Magnac-Laval: 28% 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.
Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Magnac-Laval has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Magnac-Laval run lower than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,430 a year per consumption unit
9.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) but below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 10.6% of working residents in Magnac-Laval didn’t travel to work at all. The jobless rate is 9.9%.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Magnac-Laval, 1.5 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Magnac-Laval
Is Magnac-Laval expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Magnac-Laval grades A for cost of living.
About Magnac-Laval
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Magnac-Laval is a commune of 1,690 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
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.
