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1,131 residents make their home in this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
Faye-l'Abbesse’s strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Households here earn well (A−): 2.3 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% 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 · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Faye-l'Abbesse 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 Faye-l'Abbesse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Faye-l'Abbesse 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.
Faye-l'Abbesse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Faye-l'Abbesse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
21% 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 Faye-l'Abbesse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. Advertised rents are estimated at €8.67/m² a month, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 38 houses and apartments changed hands in Faye-l'Abbesse from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,030/m² | 38 |
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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Faye-l'Abbesse records 102 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 378 residents of Faye-l'Abbesse died, against 256 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 48% more. Average lifespans in Deux-Sèvres: 85.3 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Among adults, 19% have a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Faye-l'Abbesse | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €23,850 a year per consumption unit, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€24,720) and below compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.1% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Faye-l'Abbesse didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Faye-l'Abbesse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Faye-l'Abbesse’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Faye-l'Abbesse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faye-l'Abbesse | 1,131 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Bressuire | 19,970 | 6.5 | B+ | B | B− | A |
| Airvault | 3,306 | 9.4 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Argentonnay | 3,234 | 11 | A | A+ | A | C |
| Thouars | 13,891 | 12 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 2,656 | 13 | — | A | — | A− |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 5,121 | 14 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Faye-l'Abbesse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Faye-l'Abbesse grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Faye-l'Abbesse is a commune of 1,131 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. 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.