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In Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 2,299 residents.
Pupils here do better than most (A): brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €1,847/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. Most journeys need a car: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Coulon 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 Coulon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coulon 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.
Coulon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Coulon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coulon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
94.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Coulon, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 95%+3 pts |
| Collège Marais PoitevinBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 42 | 93%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. 36% of adults hold a degree, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). At 51, the median resident of Coulon sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Coulon | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.45/m² a month, higher than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 100 houses and apartments changed hands in Coulon from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,856/m² | 99 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.6%, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Coulon: 400, for 950 residents in work (0.4 each). Public transport took 2.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
Women in Deux-Sèvres live to 85.3 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 255 deaths in Coulon from 2016 to 2025; there were 247, 3% fewer. Its care home for older people (33 places) counts its residents as Coulon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Coulon is Centre hospitalier de Niort, 6.2 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Coulon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and museums in and near Coulon. Best known first.
Coulon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de la Sainte-Trinité de Coulon: Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coulon yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Coulon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 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 92% 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 €1,847/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coulon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coulon is a commune of 2,299 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. 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.