Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.8% unemployment. 17% of homes here are second homes. Homes go for a median €939/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Availles-Limouzine 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 Availles-Limouzine 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Availles-Limouzine’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Availles-Limouzine’s story
2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Availles-Limouzine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Availles-Limouzine before 1900, the earliest François Henri Guiot de La Rochère, in 1818.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Availles-Limouzine.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Availles-Limouzine costs less than in both Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.50/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 72 homes were sold in Availles-Limouzine. That is the middle of 72 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,790/m² for the median of compared towns in Vienne.
€939/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Availles-Limouzine€939/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vienne median€1,790/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€972/m²
71
€7.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.06 to €9.28/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Availles-Limouzine’s ages would predict, 64 per 100 expected, under Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Vienne: 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths in Availles-Limouzine from 2016 to 2025; there were 179, 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Availles-Limouzine is Centre hospitalier Confolens, 8.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Availles-Limouzine can choose among 2 GPs.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Availles-Limouzine · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Confolens
20 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Availles-Limouzine: 37% are 65 or over, above Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: 7.5% of residents. Children under 15 make up 11%, lower than both Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
58.7median age
Availles-LimouzineVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Availles-Limouzine keeps more of its old housing than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Availles-Limouzine is Menhir dit La Pierre-Fade. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Availles-Limouzine
Is Availles-Limouzine safe?
Availles-Limouzine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 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 Availles-Limouzine expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Availles-Limouzine grades A+ for cost of living.
About Availles-Limouzine
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Availles-Limouzine is a commune of 1,312 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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.