Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 4,805 residents in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Rilhac-Rancon grades B overall, better than 60% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #16 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. Where it does best is safety — an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The drawback is schools: brevet results 5.1 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (C−): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% 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.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Rilhac-Rancon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Rilhac-Rancon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rilhac-Rancon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Rilhac-Rancon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Domaine du château de Bort: Photo: Soline 33 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rilhac-Rancon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #17 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anatole FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 72%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On the Safety Grade, Rilhac-Rancon ranks 2nd of the 19 compared towns in Haute-Vienne. For 2025, the figures show 51 offenses here. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 11.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Households’ median disposable income: €27,610 a year per consumption unit. Rilhac-Rancon holds 600 jobs; 2,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. At the census, 2.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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 €10.01/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 €8.80/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 152 homes in Rilhac-Rancon.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,815/m² | 152 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Residents of Rilhac-Rancon have a median age of 48.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Rilhac-Rancon | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Rilhac-Rancon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 367 deaths in Rilhac-Rancon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 408: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Rilhac-Rancon is Clinique Francois Chenieux, 6.7 mi away. This Haute-Vienne town has 6 family doctors.
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.
Heritage in and near Rilhac-Rancon. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rilhac-Rancon yet.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rilhac-Rancon is a commune of 4,805 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | — | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 2.4 | B | B | A | B+ |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion | 2,901 | 3.6 | B+ | A | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel | 2,606 | 4.6 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Ambazac | 5,556 | 4.7 | B | A− | A | C− |
| Couzeix | 10,195 | 4.8 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Panazol | 11,342 | 5 | A | B | A | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rilhac-Rancon grades B+ for cost of living.
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.