La Forêt-sur-Sèvre’s strongest is cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (D): 25% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €952/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Forêt-sur-Sèvre 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 La Forêt-sur-Sèvre 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre is harder to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns
The census found 4.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs based in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre number 500, against 950 residents in work (0.5 per worker). The jobless rate is 6.4%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,210 a year per consumption unit, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€24,720) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
500
jobs based in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre, 0.5 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than La Forêt-sur-Sèvre’s ages would predict, 77 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 La Forêt-sur-Sèvre is Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse, 13.2 mi away. 163 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 211: 23% below. Average lifespans in Deux-Sèvres: 85.3 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises locally.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
13.2 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
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 23% of the total, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre hold a degree than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 17%
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8% of the town. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of La Forêt-sur-Sèvre by age and the one in the middle is 48.
48median age
La Forêt-sur-SèvreDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Forêt-sur-Sèvre
Is La Forêt-sur-Sèvre safe?
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is La Forêt-sur-Sèvre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Forêt-sur-Sèvre grades A for cost of living.
About La Forêt-sur-Sèvre
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre is a commune of 2,250 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.
