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La Foye-MonjaultDeux-Sèvres

839 residents make their home in this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Foye-Monjault a good place to live?

There are no grades for La Foye-Monjault: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

La Foye-Monjault’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Foye-Monjault’s story

No historic monuments in La Foye-Monjault

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Foye-Monjault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Eutrope du Cormenier, in Beauvoir-sur-Niort, 2.6 mi away.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in La Foye-Monjault is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Foye-Monjault.

Who lives here

Children make up 21% of La Foye-Monjault, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns

42.6median age

Degrees are held by 30% of adults, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 19% of the population. What’s more, the 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.6% of residents.

La Foye-MonjaultDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Foye-Monjault
La Foye-MonjaultDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–247.6%9.6%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+19%26%22%
No diploma14%20%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education30%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

La Foye-Monjault has lower unemployment than Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 6.3%

3%walk, cycle or take transit

3.4% 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. Jobs based in La Foye-Monjault number 50, against 400 residents in work (0.1 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €26,250 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in La Foye-Monjault, 0.1 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Foye-Monjault is €9.89/m² a month

€9.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 23 homes in La Foye-Monjault. A house rents for an estimated €9.02/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Foye-Monjault€9.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€9.89/m²
€9.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.75/m² a month)
€9.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Foye-Monjault

11pages on La Foye-Monjault

Famous people from La Foye-Monjault

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Foye-Monjault as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About La Foye-Monjault

Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Foye-Monjault is a commune of 839 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. 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

Population
839 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais
Département
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.5 sq mi (19.4 km²)
INSEE code
79127

La Foye-Monjault’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Deux-Sèvres →
Frontenay-Rohan-RohanMauzé-sur-le-MignonMagnéAiffresNiortSurgèresFrontenay-Rohan-RohanMauzé-sur-le-MignonMagnéAiffresNiortSurgèresLa Foye-Monjault
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Foye-Monjault839—————
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan2,9674.4A−B+B+C+
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon2,9416.5A+A−AB
Magné2,7288.7ABA−B
Aiffres5,4198.9AA−AB
Niort59,85410BBDB+
Surgères Charente-Maritime6,89712C−C+DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.