Where it does best is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and C+ for jobs & income. Homes sell for a median €1,471/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Solignac 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 Solignac 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 Solignac.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Solignac run higher than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €28,020 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 4.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Per resident in work, Solignac counts 0.3 jobs (200 jobs, 700 workers).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Solignac, 0.3 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Solignac is graded a B+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.70/m² a month, between Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.44/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 36 homes in Solignac.
€1,471/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Solignac€1,471/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,520/m²
35
€10.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €12.88/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole
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 Solignac run lower than in 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Vienne live to 84.4 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Solignac died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. One GP practises locally.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Solignac · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Francois Chenieux
4.2 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
More protected monuments for its size in Solignac than in Haute-Vienne or compared French towns: 32 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 21%. Among the classé monuments in Solignac is Église Saint-Pierre. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Solignac than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 44% of adults
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
46.7median age
SolignacHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education44%
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%.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont Rompu sur la Briance: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vieux pont sur la Briance: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Solignac
Wikidata places 5 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Solignac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Solignac
Is Solignac safe?
Solignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Solignac expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Solignac grades B+ for cost of living.
About Solignac
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Solignac is a commune of 1,552 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
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.
