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With 929 residents, it is a town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Prailles-La Couarde is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 12% of homes.
The one thing Prailles-La Couarde does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Prailles-La Couarde as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église, Temple protestant, in Beaussais-Vitré, 2.8 mi away.
41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Prailles-La Couarde is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prailles-La Couarde.
The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 29% have a degree. Prailles-La Couarde has a median age of 43.8.
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Prailles-La Couarde | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 450 residents in work, Prailles-La Couarde has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Prailles-La Couarde didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
19 houses and apartments changed hands in Prailles-La Couarde from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.40/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Prailles-La Couarde. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Prailles-La Couarde yet.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Prailles-La Couarde is a commune of 929 people in the Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prailles-La Couarde | 929 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 4 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Celles-sur-Belle | 3,829 | 5 | A | A | A+ | C |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 6.3 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 6.6 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| Melle | 5,752 | 7.1 | A | A | C+ | B− |
| Vouillé | 3,566 | 7.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.