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1,580 people live in this town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median home sells for €1,186/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Nantiat 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.
The 2 things Nantiat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nantiat 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.
Nantiat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nantiat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit de Taminage, in Berneuil, 3.3 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nantiat.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 62 homes in Nantiat.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,186/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of the population. Residents of Nantiat have a median age of 50.6.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Nantiat | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Nantiat died, against 333 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Nantiat is Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant, 14 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maryse BastiéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 89%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 6.8%. Per resident in work, Nantiat counts 1 jobs (650 jobs, 650 workers). At the census, 8.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Nantiat. Best known first.
Nothing in Nantiat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Nantiat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nantiat | 1,580 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,550 | 8.9 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bellac | 3,537 | 9.6 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Couzeix | 10,195 | 9.6 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 10 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe | 2,709 | 11 | A− | A+ | A− | C+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 11 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nantiat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nantiat grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nantiat is a commune of 1,580 people in the Communauté de communes Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 8, 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.