Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,049 people, lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Pompaire’s best grade is for health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 7% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,481/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pompaire 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 Pompaire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pompaire 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.
Pompaire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pompaire as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église priorale Saint-Pierre de Parthenay-le-Vieux, in Parthenay, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pompaire.
6.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Pompaire number 550, against 750 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Deux-Sèvres: 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 161 deaths in Pompaire between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 238: 32% below. The nearest emergency department to Pompaire is Site hospitalier de Parthenay, 2.2 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €6.92/m² a month. Pompaire recorded 60 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,481/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.5% of residents. Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pompaire | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.4 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 208 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le MarchiouxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 89%+6 pts |
| Lycée Ernest PérochonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 208 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 66 | 98%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Pompaire’s tally for 2025: 23 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3 violent offenses and 7.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Pompaire (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 45.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pompaire. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Parthenay3.3 km north, in ParthenayFortFortRemparts de Parthenay3.3 km north, in ParthenayChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Guyonnière4.5 km south, in Beaulieu-sous-ParthenayAttractionAttractionPropriété du Marchioux2.1 km north, in ParthenayMuseumMuseumMusée Georges Turpin3.2 km north, in ParthenayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pompaire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pompaire yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompaire | 2,049 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Parthenay | 10,140 | 1.6 | B+ | A− | D | B+ |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 2,656 | 2.7 | — | A | — | A− |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 15 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| Airvault | 3,306 | 15 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Boivre-la-Vallée Vienne | 3,024 | 17 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 5,121 | 18 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pompaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pompaire grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pompaire is a commune of 2,049 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
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.