Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre’s best grade is for cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median sale price is €1,044/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre 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 Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 4.9% of commuters in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre go to work without a car, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment is 11.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,380 a year per consumption unit, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre: 550, for 500 residents in work (1.1 each).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
550
jobs based in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre, 1.1 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre hold a degree than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 19%
50.6median age
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre has a median age of 50.6 years.
Saint-Laurent-sur-GorreHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
HealthHealth C
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre is Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien, 9 mi away. 302 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 242: 25% above. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre is a commune of 1,378 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin. 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
Population
1,378 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ouest Limousin
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
15.3 sq mi (39.7 km²)
INSEE code
87158
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre
Is Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre safe?
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre 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 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre grades A for cost of living.
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.
