Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,885 residents and lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Households here earn well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 3.9% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,627/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cherveux 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 Cherveux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cherveux 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.
Cherveux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Cherveux counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
26% 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 Cherveux.
2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (7.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 3.9%. Households’ median disposable income: €27,910 a year per consumption unit.
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 market in Cherveux: 51 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,627/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are 65 or over, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of the population. Among adults, 36% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Cherveux | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cherveux is Polyclinique D Inkermann, 8.7 mi away. 194 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 158: 22% above. Its two care homes for older people (45 places) count their residents as Cherveux’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. Women in Deux-Sèvres live to 85.3 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage, gardens and family days out in and near Cherveux. Best known first.
Cherveux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cherveux.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Cherveux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cherveux grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cherveux is a commune of 1,885 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Val de Sèvre. 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.