Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do better than most (B+): bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The catch is 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. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #13 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. It comes out better than 75% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 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.
Tour du Plô · Classé · Photo: MairieSY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche’s story
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche counts 7 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
That’s 10 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 86% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2006.
1840First protected: Église Saint-Yrieix
2002Most recently protected: Ancienne carrière de kaolin de Marcognac
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche counts 7 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Yrieix: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne carrière de kaolin de Marcognac: Photo: MairieSY · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont dit Pont de la Tour sur la rivière L'Isle (également sur communes de Le Chalard, en Haute-Vienne, et Jumilhac-le-Grand, en Dordogne): Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche.
Who lives here
Children make up only 11% of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, fewer than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
57median age
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%. 36% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
Saint-Yrieix-la-PercheHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
7 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2006
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 10 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Since 2006, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The protected list starts in the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Yrieix.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche costs less than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.37/m² a month
€1,291/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,291/m², comes from 282 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche€1,291/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,308/m²
253
€9.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.55 to €11.62/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is 96.0%, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #1 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. The closest collège is 0.8 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 94 per 100, but more than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche has 7 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Haute-Vienne can expect 84.4 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 1,243 residents of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche died, against 1,136 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jacques Boutard St Yrieix
20.7 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
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche ranks below 55% of compared French towns for crime per resident
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche lists 162 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.8 (2023–2025 average). This Haute-Vienne town has 3,750 jobs for 2,500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage59
Burglary32
Other physical violence25
Sexual violence25
Family violence21
Armed robbery0
Fraud56
Theft without violence30
Drug use21
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.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
162
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For 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, 1.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche run lower than in Haute-Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €24,150 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
10.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche didn’t travel to work at all. The unemployment rate here is 10.2%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
3,750
jobs based in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 1.5 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
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About Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a commune of 6,830 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix. 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
6,830 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
39.1 sq mi (101.4 km²)
INSEE code
87187
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche’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-Yrieix-la-Perche
Is Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche safe?
It grades B for safety, #16 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #1 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,291/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 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.
