A strong record with one exception. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools are another plus — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €1,508/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais. What holds it back is walkability — a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #3 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Set against the rest, it does better than almost every compared French town.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Mauléon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mauléon.
Safety
Mauléon sees less crime per resident than 94% of compared French towns
Mauléon comes 3rd of the 21 compared towns in Deux-Sèvres on the Safety Grade. In 2025, 105 offenses were recorded in the town. Police and gendarmerie recorded 105 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage43
Family violence22
Burglary18
Sexual violence15
Other physical violence7
Fraud43
Theft without violence19
Drug use8
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
105
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When 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 (2.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Schools around Mauléon do better than those of 94% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Mauléon, 96.0% passed the brevet, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #3 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.4 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Mauléon: 10 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 17% of the total, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2021. Scaled to its population, that is 12 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Mauléon. Among the classé monuments locally is Roches gravées.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mauléon than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,508/m², comes from 264 sales of houses and apartments in Mauléon from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.62/m² a month.
€1,508/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mauléon€1,508/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€1,508/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,508/m²
264
€9.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.17 to €11.46/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Mauléon are out of work than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: 5.5%
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.6% of commuters at the census. Mauléon holds 3,400 jobs; 3,950 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,720 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
3,400
jobs based in Mauléon, 0.9 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Mauléon is below 61% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (119 places) count their residents as Mauléon’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 770 residents of Mauléon died, against 795 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mauléon is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 9.6 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Mauléon · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
9.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
85.3 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Deux-Sèvres, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 20% of people in Mauléon are under 15, more than in both Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents. Line up the people of Mauléon by age and the one in the middle is 41.8.
41.8median age
MauléonDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education25%
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 Mauléon
Is Mauléon safe?
It grades A for safety, #3 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mauléon good?
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #3 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mauléon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,508/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mauléon grades A− for cost of living.
About Mauléon
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mauléon is a commune of 8,573 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.
