Chapelle des Hospices dite de l'Aumonerie ou Chapelle Jean-Boucard · Classé · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Emmanuel Dissais Merci de créditer : Emmanuel Dissais / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA J’apprécierai que vous me l’indiquiez par courriel ( emmanuel-dissais hotmail.fr ) si vous reprenez cette image en-dehors d'un projet Wikimédia. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ménigoute’s story
Ménigoute in pictures
Ménigoute has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
André-Pierre-Henri Broussard, born in 1846, is the one person born in Ménigoute before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1862First protected: Chapelle des Hospices dite de l'Aumonerie ou Chapelle Jean-…
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ménigoute.
Who lives here
Ménigoute skews older, with 38% of residents 65 or over, more than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% of the town. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
56.3median age
MénigouteDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
38%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
2 historic monuments in Ménigoute, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Ménigoute is Chapelle des Hospices dite de l'Aumonerie ou Chapelle Jean-Boucard. Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Ménigoute run lower than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,370 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment runs at 7.7%. Ménigoute has 250 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 5.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Ménigoute, 0.9 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Croix hosannière: Photo: Amaury Bouchet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle des Hospices dite de l'Aumonerie ou Chapelle Jean-Boucard: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Emmanuel Dissais Merci de créditer : Emmanuel Dissais / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA J’apprécierai que vous me l’indiquiez par courriel ( emmanuel-dissais hotmail.fr ) si vous reprenez cette image en-dehors d'un projet Wikimédia. · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Ménigoute
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ménigoute is a commune of 846 people in the Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine. 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.
