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In Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,686 residents. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
Where it does best is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €950/m².
Figures: 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. Pamproux 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.
The 2 things Pamproux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pamproux 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.
Pamproux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Pamproux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums in and near Pamproux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pamproux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 63 homes were sold in Pamproux. That is the middle of 63 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,508/m² for the median of compared towns in Deux-Sèvres.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €950/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
14% of adults hold a degree, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.1% of residents. The median resident of Pamproux is 50.6 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pamproux | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 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.
After the care-home adjustment, Pamproux’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (85) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 280 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 341, 22% more. Life expectancy in Deux-Sèvres: 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The census found 6.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Pamproux is Église Saint-Maixent. This Deux-Sèvres town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Pamproux’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Maixent: Photo: Zewan · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Pamproux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamproux | 1,686 | — | — | A+ | — | C |
| Rouillé Vienne | 2,533 | 4.2 | — | A+ | — | B |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 7.6 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| Lusignan Vienne | 2,544 | 8.4 | A | A | B | B− |
| Boivre-la-Vallée Vienne | 3,024 | 12 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 13 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 13 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pamproux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pamproux grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pamproux is a commune of 1,686 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
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.