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2,941 residents make their home in this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A+ overall, Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon sits #5 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. That leaves it better than 98% of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,810/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Amuré, 5.2 mi away.
21% 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 Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon.
Recorded offenses in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon came to 42 in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 22.2% 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, 92.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 7.1 mi to the nearest lycée. School results put the town #6 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CailliéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 92%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.21/m² a month, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.61/m² a month. Houses were 99% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,812/m² | 120 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon number 950, against 1,200 residents in work (0.8 per worker). The census found 13.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 8.6% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon has a median age of 47.3 years. Under 15: 16% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 456 residents of Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon died, against 417 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Its care home for older people (99 places) counts its residents as Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon is Centre hospitalier de Niort, 12.9 mi away. This Deux-Sèvres town has 2 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Nothing in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon.
René Caillié: Amélie Legrand de Saint-Aubin, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon | 2,941 | — | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan | 2,967 | 7.2 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Surgères Charente-Maritime | 6,897 | 7.3 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Magné | 2,728 | 10 | A | B | A− | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Charente-Maritime | 3,063 | 11 | — | C | — | A |
| Benet Vendée | 4,089 | 12 | A | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Niort | 59,854 | 13 | B | B | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #6 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon is a commune of 2,941 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 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.