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A town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,176 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability: 40% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,021/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Boismé 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.
The one thing Boismé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boismé 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.
Boismé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boismé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Sauveur-de-Givre-en-Mai, in Bressuire, 3.3 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boismé.
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 1.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. For its 550 residents in work, Boismé has 250 jobs: 0.5 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.85/m² a month, near Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. House rents are put at about €8.44/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,021/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Deux-Sèvres, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Boismé died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Boismé is Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse, 4.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
21% of residents are 65 or over, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Boismé split evenly at 43.3: half are older, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Boismé | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Boismé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Boismé yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boismé | 1,176 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Bressuire | 19,970 | 5.2 | B+ | B | B− | A |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 5,121 | 8.2 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Cerizay | 4,793 | 12 | B+ | A | B+ | B |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 2,656 | 12 | — | A | — | A− |
| Parthenay | 10,140 | 13 | B+ | A− | D | B+ |
| Argentonnay | 3,234 | 14 | A | A+ | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boismé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boismé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Boismé is a commune of 1,176 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.