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A town of 544 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Pressac a good place to live?

Pressac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Pressac stand out

The 2 things Pressac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Just
Église Saint-Just · Classé · Photo: Sébastien Thébault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pressac’s story

Pressac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pressac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1987First protected: Église Saint-Just
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pressac.

Who lives here

Pressac skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns

Pressac sits above both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 11% of residents are children under 15.

57.5median age
PressacVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma39%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education11%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pressac
PressacVienne medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–247.8%10%11%
25–4413%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+36%25%22%
No diploma39%17%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%18%18%
Higher education11%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Pressac: 36% were built before 1919, more than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

That puts Pressac above both Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pressac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Pressac is Église Saint-Just.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1987
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Pressac run lower than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,460 a year per consumption unit

On this, Pressac is below both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). Pressac has 200 jobs for 200 working residents, 1.1 per worker.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Pressac, 1.1 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Pressac costs less than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.39/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Pressac comes below both Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pressac€8.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.56 to €10.73/m² a month)
€6.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pressac

11pages on Pressac

Landmarks

Pressac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Just: Photo: Sébastien Thébault · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Pressac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pressac yet.

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Pressac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ConfolensCivrayTerres-de-Haute-CharenteConfolensCivrayTerres-de-Haute-CharentePressac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pressac544—————
Confolens Charente2,7308.4BAC+D−
Civray2,52213AA+B+A−
Terres-de-Haute-Charente Charente3,77716B−AB+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Pressac

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pressac is a commune of 544 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

Population
544 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
19 sq mi (49.3 km²)
INSEE code
86200

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.