Deux-Sèvres has 252 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 24 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 63 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Deux-Sèvres grades highest on schools and safety against towns across France, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Deux-Sèvres against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Deux-Sèvres grade overall21 ranked towns
A16B5
16 of 21 (76%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 24 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 252 communes of Deux-Sèvres, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Échiré ranks first of 21 graded towns of 2,500 or more: jobs & income (A+) and safety (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (C−) is its lowest. Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre and Mauléon follow.
How do the biggest towns in Deux-Sèvres grade?
Niort (59,854 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability. Bressuire (19,970 people) grades B+ overall, with its best grade in health.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Deux-Sèvres, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Deux-Sèvres on TownRatings?
Yes: all 252 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 24 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 63 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 165 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Loretz-d'Argenton and Châtillon-sur-Thouet and Vouillé have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
