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The town, home to 1,319 people, lies in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,863/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Maxire 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 Saint-Maxire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Maxire 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.
Saint-Maxire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Maxire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
15% 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 Saint-Maxire.
For its 600 residents in work, Saint-Maxire has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 1.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (7.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,910 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.
68 deaths in Saint-Maxire between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 103: 34% below. At birth, a girl in Deux-Sèvres can expect 85.3 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Maxire is Centre hospitalier de Niort, 5.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,863/m²: 46 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Maxire between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.57/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 46 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,863/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Maxire | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Maxire, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Saint-Maxire. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau du Coudray-Salbart4.1 km east, in ÉchiréChâteauChâteauMairie de Villiers-en-Plaine4.7 km west, in Villiers-en-PlaineManor houseManor houseLes deux tours4.9 km southwest, in Saint-RémyChâteauChâteauChantemerle4.3 km south, in NiortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Saint-Maxire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château d'Oriou: Photo: Eliane Promis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Maxire yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Saint-Maxire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,863/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Maxire grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Maxire is a commune of 1,319 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais. 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.