One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its schools beat most (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €978/m² costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Airvaudais-Val du Thouet. What counts against it is walkability: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #9 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. It comes out better than 96% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Airvault 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 Airvault.
Schools
Exam results around Airvault beat 97% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Airvault is 96.0%, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Results rank its schools #2 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Airvault is rich in protected monuments: 15 per 10,000 residents, more than Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Airvault is Pont du Vernay. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2018. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Airvault costs less than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.15/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Deux-Sèvres costs less to buy into than Airvault, at €978/m², the lowest of 24. Behind the median of €978/m²: 129 houses and apartments sold here between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 129 homes were sold in the town.
€978/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Airvault€978/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€1,508/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€977/m²
128
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.07 to €11.84/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Airvaudais-Val du Thouet
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Airvault are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 18% of adults. Also worth knowing: residents of Airvault have a median age of 52.8.
52.8median age
AirvaultDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Airvault records less crime per resident than 75% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Airvault was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 49 offenses were recorded here. Graded property crimes ran at 10 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.3 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Airvault (2,000 to 1,250): it draws people in from around.
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence15
Burglary13
Sexual violence5
Fraud18
Theft without violence12
Drug use10
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.8%
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 other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.8% 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−
Airvault has 1.6 jobs for every resident in work
The median disposable income is €24,000 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (7.5%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
2,000
jobs based in Airvault, 1.6 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,000
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 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Airvault run lower than in 50% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Airvault is Site hospitalier de Thouars, 10.1 mi away. Its care home for older people (134 places) counts its residents as Airvault’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 533 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 606, 14% more. Life expectancy in Deux-Sèvres: 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Airvault · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site hospitalier de Thouars
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
85.3 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Deux-Sèvres, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pont du Vernay: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château d'Airvault: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Logis de Barroux: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye Saint-Pierre: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Airvault
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Airvault yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Airvault
Is Airvault safe?
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Airvault good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns and #2 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Airvault expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €978/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Airvault grades A for cost of living.
About Airvault
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Airvault is a commune of 3,306 people in the Communauté de communes Airvaudais-Val du Thouet. 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.
