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1,743 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability (D−) — 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag (C): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe 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-Priest-sous-Aixe 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.
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de La Cosse, in Veyrac, 4.2 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe.
The median disposable income was €27,020 a year per consumption unit, in line with Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe: 200, for 800 residents in work (0.2 each). 2.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe is Centre hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren Limoges, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 158 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 114, 28% fewer. Life expectancy in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.01/m² a month, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.33/m² a month. Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe recorded 50 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,587/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 7.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Baptiste Camille CorotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 24% of the population. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe is a commune of 1,743 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe | 1,743 | — | — | A | — | A |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne | 5,890 | 2.5 | A− | A | A | C+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 2.7 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Isle | 7,995 | 5.6 | A− | B− | A− | A− |
| Bosmie-l'Aiguille | 2,667 | 6.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Condat-sur-Vienne | 5,281 | 7.2 | B | C+ | A | B |
| Limoges | 129,937 | 7.8 | C | B+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% 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 Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe grades A 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 9, 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.