Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,204/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pierre-Buffière 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 Pierre-Buffière 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 Pierre-Buffière.
HousingCost of living B+
For cost of living, Pierre-Buffière gets a B+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.36/m² a month, higher than Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.33/m² a month. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,204/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pierre-Buffière€1,204/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,207/m²
45
€11.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.20 to €14.02/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.33/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
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Pierre-Buffière sees fewer deaths than 66% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Pierre-Buffière’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 243 residents of Pierre-Buffière died, against 222 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Pierre-Buffière is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 9.1 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pierre-Buffière · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Francois Chenieux
10.2 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
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 15%. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
48median age
Pierre-BuffièreHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. 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
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Pierre-Buffière are out of work than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.8%
At the census, 7.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €25,750 a year per consumption unit, near both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Pierre-Buffière, 0.9 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pierre-Buffière keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Pierre-Buffière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pierre-Buffière
Is Pierre-Buffière safe?
Pierre-Buffière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pierre-Buffière good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pierre-Buffière expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pierre-Buffière grades B+ for cost of living.
About Pierre-Buffière
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pierre-Buffière is a commune of 1,139 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.
