Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
4,793 residents make their home in this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on safety — an average of 9.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The trade-off is schools — brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too — 1.3 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Figures: 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 · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Cerizay 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.
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The 2 things Cerizay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cerizay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Saint-Mesmin, in Saint-André-sur-Sèvre, 2.7 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cerizay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cerizay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,274/m²: 170 houses and apartments sold in Cerizay between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 170 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,284/m² | 165 |
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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #18 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges ClemenceauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 84%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Cerizay. Over 2025, Cerizay logged 77 recorded offenses. This Deux-Sèvres town has 2,250 jobs for 1,800 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.4% 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.
19% are under 15, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Cerizay | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (7.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 10.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Deux-Sèvres is 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 607 residents of Cerizay died, against 602 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its two care homes for older people (108 places) count their residents as Cerizay’s; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Cerizay is Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse, 13.3 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Heritage and family days out in and near Cerizay. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Cerizay.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cerizay is a commune of 4,793 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerizay | 4,793 | — | B+ | A | B+ | B |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 5,121 | 8.1 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Pouzauges Vendée | 5,668 | 8.4 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Bressuire | 19,970 | 8.7 | B+ | B | B− | A |
| Sèvremont Vendée | 6,385 | 8.9 | A+ | B | A+ | A |
| Mauléon | 8,573 | 9.2 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Nueil-les-Aubiers | 5,483 | 9.5 | A+ | A | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #15 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 27% 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 €1,274/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cerizay grades A for cost of living.
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.