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Brion-près-ThouetDeux-Sèvres

In Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 759 residents.

Is Brion-près-Thouet a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Brion-près-Thouet has none.

Brion-près-Thouet’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Brion-près-Thouet’s story

No historic monuments in Brion-près-Thouet

The Culture ministry lists no building in Brion-près-Thouet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay, 2.2 mi away.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brion-près-Thouet.

Who lives here

Brion-près-Thouet has fewer young adults than Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 8.2% are 15 to 24

22% of adults hold a degree, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 18% of residents. Brion-près-Thouet has a median age of 44.7.

44.7median age
Brion-près-ThouetDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brion-près-Thouet
Brion-près-ThouetDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–248.2%9.6%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+23%26%22%
No diploma19%20%19%
CAP or BEP37%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Brion-près-Thouet than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 1.5%

7.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 100 jobs are based in Brion-près-Thouet, for 350 working residents (0.2 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €24,470 a year per consumption unit.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Brion-près-Thouet, 0.2 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Brion-près-Thouet than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.98/m² a month

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

Brion-près-Thouet recorded 21 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.98/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Brion-près-Thouet€8.98/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€9.89/m²
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €11.18/m² a month)
€7.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Bois de Sanzay and 3 more in and around Brion-près-Thouet

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Brion-près-Thouet. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brion-près-Thouet

12pages on Brion-près-Thouet

Landmarks

Nothing in Brion-près-Thouet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Brion-près-Thouet

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brion-près-Thouet yet.

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Brion-près-Thouet’s neighbors

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

All towns in Deux-Sèvres →
Loretz-d'ArgentonThouarsMontreuil-BellayDoué-en-AnjouBellevigne-les-ChâteauxArgentonnayLoretz-d'ArgentonThouarsMontreuil-BellayDoué-en-AnjouBellevigne-les-ChâteauxArgentonnayBrion-près-Thouet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brion-près-Thouet759—————
Loretz-d'Argenton2,5753.5—A—B−
Thouars13,8915A−AC−B+
Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire3,7466B−AC+C+
Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire11,02911A−A−B−C
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire3,43512A+A−AB
Argentonnay3,23413AA+AC

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

About Brion-près-Thouet

Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Brion-près-Thouet is a commune of 759 people in the Communauté de communes du Thouarsais. 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
759 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Thouarsais
Département
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.4 km²)
INSEE code
79056

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 November 9, 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.