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A town of 1,765 in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Secondigny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C+): brevet results at the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Secondigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Secondigny 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Secondigny counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
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 Secondigny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,011/m², comes from 97 sales of houses and apartments in Secondigny from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine. House rents are put at about €6.94/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,020/m² | 96 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 16% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.5% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Secondigny | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Secondigny is Site hospitalier de Parthenay, 10.1 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 83 per 100 expected, near Deux-Sèvres’ towns (85) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 411 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 425, 3% more. Life expectancy at birth in Deux-Sèvres is 85.3 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis MerleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 84%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Secondigny is Église Sainte-Eulalie. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total, close to Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per resident in work, Secondigny counts 1.3 jobs (800 jobs, 600 workers). 9.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Deux-Sèvres’ towns (7.5%) but below compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 8.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Secondigny was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 23 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.2.
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 (30.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Secondigny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Eulalie: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Secondigny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondigny | 1,765 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| Parthenay | 10,140 | 8.9 | B+ | A− | D | B+ |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 2,656 | 9.4 | — | A | — | A− |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 5,121 | 11 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 2,600 | 15 | A− | A | B− | D |
| Échiré | 3,549 | 15 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Bressuire | 19,970 | 16 | B+ | B | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Secondigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,011/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Secondigny grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Secondigny is a commune of 1,765 people in the Communauté de communes de Parthenay-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
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 October 30, 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.