Mortemart has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. A quarter of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 32% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Mortemart stand out
The 2 things Mortemart does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mortemart.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Mortemart than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.9% are under 15
People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% of the town, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are nearly a third of the population. The age that splits Mortemart in two is 56.5.
56.5median age
MortemartHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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 Mortemart: 43% 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 Mortemart is Motte féodale. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Mortemart has higher unemployment than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 11.5%
Mortemart has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Mortemart didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Mortemart, 0.6 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
Maison du Sénéchal: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien couvent des Augustins: Photo: Nitot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien couvent des Carmes: Photo: Nitot · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Mortemart
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mortemart yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Mortemart
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mortemart is a commune of 128 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.
