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Some 1,404 people live in this town, in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add schools to its strengths — bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.5 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is walkability: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,345/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sainte-Verge 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 Sainte-Verge 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.
Sainte-Verge has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Sainte-Verge does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Verge, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Sainte-Verge has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Forêt: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Verge.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 46 homes in Sainte-Verge.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,345/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sainte-Verge, 90.9% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Deux-Sèvres’ towns (92.0%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away. At the two general lycées, 99% of 194 candidates passed the bac, 2.3 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 139 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 55 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 600 residents in work, Sainte-Verge has 450 jobs: 0.8 each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,780 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 107 residents of Sainte-Verge died, against 136 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. 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 town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
27% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults, lower than both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Sainte-Verge is 51.3 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Verge | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 2025 count: 35 offenses in Sainte-Verge. Violence against people averaged 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.9. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (35.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Sainte-Verge. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des ducs de La Trémoille3.7 km south, in Thouars
ChâteauCollégiale Notre-Dame de Thouars3.7 km south, in ThouarsMuseumMuseumMusée Henri-Barré3.4 km south, in ThouarsFortFortTour du Prévôt3.1 km south, in ThouarsFortFortRemparts de Thouars3.2 km south, in ThouarsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Verge yet.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Verge is a commune of 1,404 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Verge | 1,404 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Thouars | 13,891 | 1.5 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Loretz-d'Argenton | 2,575 | 4.4 | — | A | — | B− |
| Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire | 3,746 | 9.5 | B− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Argentonnay | 3,234 | 10 | A | A+ | A | C |
| Airvault | 3,306 | 13 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 11,029 | 13 | A− | A− | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Verge has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 139 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Verge grades A for cost of living.
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.