Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 5,662 residents in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. La Crèche’s overall A+ puts it #4 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Set against the rest, it does better than almost every compared French town. Where it does best is jobs & income — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. The trade-off is walkability — 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,688/m² takes 4.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Haut Val de Sèvre.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 La Crèche 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things La Crèche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Crèche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Gélais, in Saint-Gelais, 4.1 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Crèche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Crèche.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #4 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. General-bac pupils go 5.6 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 95%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.7% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 5.5%, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,740 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in La Crèche (3,750 to 2,500): it draws people in from around. Burglary topped the graded crimes in La Crèche (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.01/m² a month, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.17/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 183 homes were sold in La Crèche.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,688/m² | 183 |
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.
Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as La Crèche’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 584 residents of La Crèche died, against 620 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Crèche is Polyclinique D Inkermann, 7.5 mi away. 5 GPs practise in the town.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Graduates make up nearly a third of adults. Half the people of La Crèche are older than 48.5. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Crèche | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
6 notable people were born in La Crèche.
Julien Thibaudeau: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Crèche is a commune of 5,662 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crèche | 5,662 | — | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Chauray | 7,221 | 3.4 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Vouillé | 3,566 | 3.7 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 5.3 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Échiré | 3,549 | 5.5 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 6.1 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| Aiffres | 5,419 | 7.1 | A | A− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #8 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #4 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Crèche grades A− for cost of living.
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.