Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,440 residents and lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 34% of the population.
Brioux-sur-Boutonne’s best grade is for cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well (A): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Health is its weak spot (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Brioux-sur-Boutonne 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 3 things Brioux-sur-Boutonne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brioux-sur-Boutonne 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.
Brioux-sur-Boutonne 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 Brioux-sur-Boutonne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Périgné, 3.5 mi away.
17% 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 Brioux-sur-Boutonne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,115/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Brioux-sur-Boutonne from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,115/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Brioux-sur-Boutonne, 92.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 92%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Degrees are held by 16% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Brioux-sur-Boutonne | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (74 places) counts its residents as Brioux-sur-Boutonne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. The town has 4 family doctors. In Deux-Sèvres, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 335 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 266: 26% above.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,160 a year per consumption unit, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€24,720) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 5.7% of working residents in Brioux-sur-Boutonne at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Brioux-sur-Boutonne 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 Brioux-sur-Boutonne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brioux-sur-Boutonne | 1,440 | — | — | A+ | — | C |
| Melle | 5,752 | 6.5 | A | A | C+ | B− |
| Celles-sur-Belle | 3,829 | 7.3 | A | A | A+ | C |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 10 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Vouillé | 3,566 | 14 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Aiffres | 5,419 | 14 | A | A− | A | B |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 16 | A+ | A− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brioux-sur-Boutonne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,115/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brioux-sur-Boutonne grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Brioux-sur-Boutonne is a commune of 1,440 people in the Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou. 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 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.