Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is jobs & income (D) — 1 job per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €823/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. L'Absie 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.
Each subject compares L'Absie 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 34% of people in L'Absie are 65 or over, more than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns
14% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in L'Absie split evenly at 55.5: half are older, half younger.
55.5median age
L'AbsieDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than L'Absie’s ages would predict, 76 per 100 expected, under Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to L'Absie is Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse, 16.3 mi away. 229 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 222: 3% above. Life expectancy at birth in Deux-Sèvres is 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise in the town.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in L'Absie · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
16.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
85.3 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Deux-Sèvres, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in L'Absie, 13.5%, runs above Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €22,260 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, L'Absie counts 1 jobs (350 jobs, 350 workers). 7.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in L'Absie, 1 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about L'Absie
Is L'Absie safe?
L'Absie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is L'Absie expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so L'Absie grades A+ for cost of living.
About L'Absie
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
L'Absie is a commune of 1,047 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
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.
