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EnsignéDeux-Sèvres

This town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 288.

Is Ensigné a good place to live?

Ensigné isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Over-65s are 28% of the population.

What makes Ensigné stand out

The one thing Ensigné does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Restes de la commanderie
Restes de la commanderie · Inscrit · Photo: Gllawm · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ensigné’s story

Ensigné in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Ensigné; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1933.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jacques Merveilleux de Mortafond, born in 1748, is the one person born in Ensigné before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1933First protected: Restes de la commanderie
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ensigné.

Who lives here

Few people in Ensigné are 15 to 24: 5.2%, fewer than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. Line up the people of Ensigné by age and the one in the middle is 51.

51median age
EnsignéDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

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.

Ages and diplomas in Ensigné
EnsignéDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–245.2%9.6%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+28%26%22%
No diploma23%20%19%
CAP or BEP33%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education23%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Ensigné: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Ensigné; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1933
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Ensigné walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 2.6%

6.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €23,400 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Ensigné didn’t travel to work at all.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ensigné, 0.2 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ensigné is €9.65/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 16 homes in Ensigné.

€9.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ensigné€9.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€9.89/m²
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.47 to €12.47/m² a month)
€7.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ensigné

11pages on Ensigné

Landmarks

Ensigné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Restes de la commanderie: Photo: Gllawm · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Ensigné

2 notable people were born in Ensigné.

Their page →

Ensigné’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Deux-Sèvres →
MelleCelles-sur-BelleAigondignéSaint-Jean-d'AngélyAiffresVouilléMelleCelles-sur-BelleAigondignéSaint-Jean-d'AngélyAiffresVouilléEnsigné
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ensigné288—————
Melle5,75211AAC+B−
Celles-sur-Belle3,82911AAA+C
Aigondigné4,71014A+B+A+A−
Saint-Jean-d'Angély Charente-Maritime6,78416C−BD−C−
Aiffres5,41916AA−AB
Vouillé3,56617—B+—B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ensigné

Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ensigné is a commune of 288 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

Population
288 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou
Département
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.8 sq mi (20.2 km²)
INSEE code
79111

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.