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This town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 2,728.
Where it does best is safety: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also does well on jobs & income (B+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. At the median price of €1,923/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. Getting around depends on the car (C+): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at A, #12 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Set against the rest, it does better than 88% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The 3 things Magné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Magné 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Magné: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Magné. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Magné.
7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 12%, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 32% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Magné | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
The 2025 count: 39 offenses in Magné. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (17.7% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.45/m² a month, higher than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 119 sales of houses and apartments in Magné, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,923/m². House rents are put at about €9.28/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,923/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 7.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.3%, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for a tenth of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Magné is Église Sainte-Catherine. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 272 residents of Magné died, against 317 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. 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. The town has 3 family doctors.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée de la Venise VerteNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 394 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Magné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Catherine: Photo: Baptiste 79 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Magné as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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It grades A− for safety, #9 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,923/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Magné grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Magné is a commune of 2,728 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
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.