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Some 5,483 people live in this town, in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Nueil-les-Aubiers’s strongest is schools (A+) — brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #6 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. Set against the rest, it does better than 98% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Nueil-les-Aubiers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nueil-les-Aubiers 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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Nueil-les-Aubiers has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nueil-les-Aubiers.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #1 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. 96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Nueil-les-Aubiers, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Sainte-Émilie de Rodat PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 50 | 96%+8 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.
178 sales of houses and apartments in Nueil-les-Aubiers, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,249/m². Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,243/m² | 177 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.9. For 2025, the figures show 86 offenses in Nueil-les-Aubiers. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was family violence (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 · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nueil-les-Aubiers holds 2,850 jobs; 2,350 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). 8.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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 from before 1919 make up 16% of the total, about level with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and above compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th 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.
In Deux-Sèvres, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 686 residents of Nueil-les-Aubiers died, against 635 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Its two care homes for older people (144 places) count their residents as Nueil-les-Aubiers’; allowing for them, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Nueil-les-Aubiers is Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse, 12.5 mi away.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Nueil-les-Aubiers are older than 45. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Nueil-les-Aubiers | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Nueil-les-Aubiers. Best known first.
Nueil-les-Aubiers has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
4 notable people were born in Nueil-les-Aubiers.
Jean-Marie Leblanc: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilles Rampillon: TiSnoop, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dominique Paillé: 1975MAIparis, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nueil-les-Aubiers | 5,483 | — | A+ | A | A− | B |
| Argentonnay | 3,234 | 7.5 | A | A+ | A | C |
| Mauléon | 8,573 | 8 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Maulévrier Maine-et-Loire | 3,172 | 8.6 | — | A− | — | A |
| Bressuire | 19,970 | 8.9 | B+ | B | B− | A |
| Cerizay | 4,793 | 9.5 | B+ | A | B+ | B |
| La Tessoualle Maine-et-Loire | 3,167 | 13 | — | B− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 21 in Deux-Sèvres. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #1 of 18 in Deux-Sèvres. 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 €1,249/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nueil-les-Aubiers grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nueil-les-Aubiers is a commune of 5,483 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
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.