Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Bressuire’s overall grade, B+, puts it better than 72% of compared French towns. It ranks #18 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Homes sell for a median €1,525/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Bressuire 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 Bressuire.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Bressuire sees fewer deaths than Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 74 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bressuire can choose among 19 GPs. 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, 1,378 residents of Bressuire died, against 1,761 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
19
GPs in Bressuire · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
4.7 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
Homes from before 1919 in Bressuire: 10%, against 16% in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and 7.4% in compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Bressuire counts 8 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église de Saint-Sauveur-de-Givre-en-Mai. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bressuire, 94.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (95.8%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #15 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Bressuire’s grade for cost of living: a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,522/m² in Bressuire, apartments for €1,594/m². 600 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,525/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.40/m² a month, higher than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,525/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bressuire€1,525/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€1,508/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,522/m²
551
Apartments
€1,594/m²
49
€11.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €14.75/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Bressuire are out of work than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: 11.1%
The median disposable income was €24,130 a year per consumption unit, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€24,720) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.0% of Bressuire’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Bressuire didn’t travel to work at all.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
9,800
jobs based in Bressuire, 1.2 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Bressuire are under 15, more than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Ages in Bressuire split evenly at 43.7: half are older, half younger.
43.7median age
BressuireDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Per resident, Bressuire sees less crime than 50% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.6 cases of violence against people and 12.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Bressuire’s tally for 2025: 414 recorded offenses. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
8.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage118
Family violence105
Other physical violence60
Sexual violence44
Burglary41
Theft from vehicles32
Vehicle theft14
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence85
Fraud79
Drug use65
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.
8.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
414
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Bressuire and 7 more in and around Bressuire
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bressuire. Best known first.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien prieuré de Saint-Cyprien: Photo: PASCALOUE · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de Puy Blain: Photo: Hubert de Blain · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien château de Noirlieu: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bressuire
Is Bressuire safe?
It grades B− for safety, #16 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 118 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bressuire good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #15 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. 96% of 312 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maurice Genevoix in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bressuire expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,525/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bressuire grades B for cost of living.
About Bressuire
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bressuire is a commune of 19,970 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
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.
