Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 119 residents, it is a town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Luché-sur-Brioux is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.
The one thing Luché-sur-Brioux does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Luché-sur-Brioux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Javarzay, in Chef-Boutonne, 3.5 mi away.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Luché-sur-Brioux.
Graduates make up 15% of adults. 13% of residents are 15 to 24, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Luché-sur-Brioux is 52.2 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Luché-sur-Brioux | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 39% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 10.9%. No commute at all: 6.8% of working residents in Luché-sur-Brioux at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,570 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Luché-sur-Brioux from July 2023 to June 2026: 7 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Luché-sur-Brioux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Luché-sur-Brioux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luché-sur-Brioux | 119 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Melle | 5,752 | 6.2 | A | A | C+ | B− |
| Celles-sur-Belle | 3,829 | 8.8 | A | A | A+ | C |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Vouillé | 3,566 | 16 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Aiffres | 5,419 | 17 | A | A− | A | B |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 18 | A+ | A− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Luché-sur-Brioux is a commune of 119 people in the Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou. 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) · 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.