Saint-Varent’s best grade is for schools — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. It is strong on safety as well — an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €975/m² takes 2.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Thouarsais. Walkability is its weak spot: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Varent 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Varent 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Varent than in 84% of compared French towns
In all, 23 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Varent in 2025. With 1,100 jobs for 900 working residents, Saint-Varent draws people in from neighbouring communes. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Varent (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Family violence6
Sexual violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, 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, 22.0% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Saint-Varent costs less than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €975/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.85/m² a month, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (€9.89/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 93 homes were sold in Saint-Varent. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.21/m² a month.
€975/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Varent€975/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Deux-Sèvres median€1,508/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€975/m²
93
€9.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.64 to €12.71/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Thouarsais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Varent than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or across compared French towns: 14% of adults
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
51.3median age
Saint-VarentDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Saint-Varent walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 5.6%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,960 a year. 5.5% of Saint-Varent’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.5%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
1,100
jobs based in Saint-Varent, 1.2 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Varent sees fewer deaths than 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Deux-Sèvres, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (96 places) counts its residents as Saint-Varent’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 410 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 426, 4% more.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Varent · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site hospitalier de Thouars
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Site hospitalier Faye L Abbesse
85.3 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Deux-Sèvres, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Varent keeps more of its old housing than Deux-Sèvres’ towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Varent: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Boucoeur. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Varent
Are schools in Saint-Varent good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Varent expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Varent grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Varent
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Varent is a commune of 2,395 people in the Communauté de communes du Thouarsais. 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
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.
