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A town of 1,578 in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (C−): 16% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Exireuil 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 2 things Exireuil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Exireuil 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.
Exireuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Exireuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte Châlon, in Saint-Maixent-l'École, 1.7 mi away.
12% 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 Exireuil.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,357/m², below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€1,508/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 51 homes were sold in Exireuil. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,455/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Deux-Sèvres, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 155 deaths in Exireuil from 2016 to 2025; there were 116, 25% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Exireuil is Polyclinique D Inkermann, 15.1 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Exireuil is 93.2%, lower than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (95.8%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.8 mi off. At the general lycée, 98% of 110 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-André PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 99%+12 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du Haut Val de SèvreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 110 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège Denfert-RochereauBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.9% 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 typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,530 a year per consumption unit. The unemployment rate comes to 9.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, near Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). At 44.5, the median resident of Exireuil sits in the middle of the age range. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.9% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Exireuil | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Exireuil. Best known first.
Nothing in Exireuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Exireuil yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exireuil | 1,578 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 1.8 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 7.7 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 11 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Chauray | 7,221 | 11 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Rouillé Vienne | 2,533 | 11 | — | A+ | — | B |
| Échiré | 3,549 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Exireuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 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 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Exireuil grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Exireuil is a commune of 1,578 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.