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Some 1,365 people live in this town, in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Peyrilhac’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. The median price paid is €1,267/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Peyrilhac 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 Peyrilhac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peyrilhac 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.
Peyrilhac 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 Peyrilhac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont surmonté d'un colombier, in Veyrac, 5 mi away.
24% 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 Peyrilhac.
4.9% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 2.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Peyrilhac counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 650 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.94/m² a month, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 42 homes were sold in Peyrilhac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,267/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Vienne live to 84.4 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Peyrilhac died, against 116 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Peyrilhac is Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant, 11.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Peyrilhac have one GP on hand.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.1% of residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Peyrilhac | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Peyrilhac. Best known first.
Nothing in Peyrilhac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Peyrilhac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyrilhac | 1,365 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,550 | 5.8 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Couzeix | 10,195 | 7.4 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 7.9 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 9.8 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Limoges | 129,937 | 10 | C | B+ | D | B− |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 11 | B | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peyrilhac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Peyrilhac grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Peyrilhac is a commune of 1,365 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. 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 4, 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.