Cost of living is its strong suit (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong (B+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,421/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Victurnien 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-Victurnien 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 Saint-Victurnien.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Saint-Victurnien, 5.4%, runs below Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Saint-Victurnien didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €26,560 a year per consumption unit, close to both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 93% drove.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Victurnien, 0.4 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Saint-Victurnien is graded an A− for cost of living
€1,421/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Saint-Victurnien recorded 62 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.54/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Victurnien€1,421/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,421/m²
62
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.27/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Victurnien run lower than in 62% of compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 159 deaths in Saint-Victurnien from 2016 to 2025; there were 134, 16% fewer. 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. 4 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Victurnien · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
6.1 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-Victurnien keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Victurnien: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Lanterne des Morts. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Victurnien are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
46.3median age
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Saint-Victurnien has a median age of 46.3 years.
Saint-VicturnienHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
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%.
Saint-Victurnien is a commune of 1,774 people in the Communauté de communes Porte Océane du 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
1,774 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.4 km²)
INSEE code
87185
Saint-Victurnien’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-Victurnien
Is Saint-Victurnien safe?
Saint-Victurnien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Victurnien expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Victurnien 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.
