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Home to 1,684 people, this town lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it does best is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong (A−): bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7.6 points above the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (D−): one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Nanteuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Nanteuil 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.
Nanteuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Nanteuil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Nanteuil: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Nanteuil has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Dolmen dit de la Croisonnière: Photo: Jtc76 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nanteuil.
Unemployment stood at 5.6%, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.5% of commuters got to work without a car. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,320 a year.
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.
71 sales of houses and apartments in Nanteuil, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,438/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €7.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,438/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 80% of 40 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Nanteuil, 93.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (95.8%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-André PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 99%+12 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du Haut Val de SèvreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 110 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège Denfert-RochereauBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 154 deaths in Nanteuil from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Nanteuil is Polyclinique D Inkermann, 15.2 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Deux-Sèvres, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Nanteuil is Dolmen dit de la Croisonnière. Homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of residents, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Nanteuil | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Nanteuil. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nanteuil yet.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nanteuil is a commune of 1,684 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Val de Sèvre. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanteuil | 1,684 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 1.9 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 7.7 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 9.8 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Rouillé Vienne | 2,533 | 9.9 | — | A+ | — | B |
| Chauray | 7,221 | 11 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Vouillé | 3,566 | 11 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nanteuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Haut Val de Sèvre in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,438/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nanteuil grades A for cost of living.
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.