Échiré grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,893/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment.
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 Échiré 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Échiré.
Safety
Crime per resident in Échiré runs lower than in 92% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 44 offenses in the graded categories in Échiré in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.3 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 18.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary18
Family violence16
Criminal damage10
Fraud10
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.
3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
44
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Échiré’s ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Échiré is below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 321 residents of Échiré died, against 388 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Échiré · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique D Inkermann
5.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Niort
85.3 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Deux-Sèvres, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,893/m², comes from 111 sales of houses and apartments in Échiré from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.89/m² a month, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,893/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Échiré€1,893/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€1,508/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,893/m²
111
€9.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.75/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Échiré: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Échiré
Is Échiré safe?
It grades A for safety, #4 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Is Échiré expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,893/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Échiré grades A− for cost of living.
About Échiré
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Échiré is a commune of 3,549 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
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.
