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PuihardyDeux-Sèvres

58 people call this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Puihardy a good place to live?

There are no grades for Puihardy: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Just over a fifth of its homes are second homes.

What makes Puihardy stand out

The one thing Puihardy does most differently from other towns.

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Puihardy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Puihardy’s story

No historic monuments in Puihardy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Puihardy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Fenioux, 2.6 mi away.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puihardy.

Who lives here

Few people in Puihardy are 15 to 24: 4.9%, fewer than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns and across compared French towns

Just over a third of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.

52.2median age
PuihardyDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat9%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Puihardy
PuihardyDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Under 1520%16%17%
15–244.9%9.6%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+21%26%22%
No diploma19%20%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat8.5%18%18%
Higher education34%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Puihardy, 24.0%, runs above Deux-Sèvres’ towns and compared French towns

5.3% of Puihardy’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Puihardy, 0.1 per working resident
24.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Puihardy is €9.85/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

3 houses and apartments changed hands in Puihardy from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Puihardy€9.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€9.89/m²
€9.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.65/m² a month)
€7.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Puihardy

12pages on Puihardy

Landmarks

Nothing in Puihardy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Puihardy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puihardy yet.

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Puihardy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Deux-Sèvres →
ÉchiréBenetLa ChâtaigneraieFontenay-le-ComteMoncoutant-sur-SèvreChaurayÉchiréBenetLa ChâtaigneraieFontenay-le-ComteMoncoutant-sur-SèvreChaurayPuihardy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Puihardy58—————
Échiré3,54911A+A−AA
Benet Vendée4,08911AB+A+C+
La Châtaigneraie Vendée2,60013A−AB−D
Fontenay-le-Comte Vendée14,05913B+BC−B+
Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre5,12114A+AA−B+
Chauray7,22114A+BA−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Puihardy

Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Puihardy is a commune of 58 people in the Communauté de communes Val de 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

Population
58 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Gâtine
Département
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
0.5 sq mi (1.2 km²)
INSEE code
79223

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 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.