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424 residents make their home in this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Soudan isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.
Soudan has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1917.
29% 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 Soudan.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.9%, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Soudan | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Soudan is Église Notre-Dame. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs based in Soudan number 350, against 200 residents in work (1.7 per worker). No commute at all: 6.6% of working residents in the town at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €24,310 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.40/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 15 homes in Soudan.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Soudan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Henri Heuzé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Soudan yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soudan | 424 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École | 7,595 | 4.8 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
| Rouillé Vienne | 2,533 | 7 | — | A+ | — | B |
| La Crèche | 5,662 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Lusignan Vienne | 2,544 | 11 | A | A | B | B− |
| Aigondigné | 4,710 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Boivre-la-Vallée Vienne | 3,024 | 13 | — | A− | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Soudan is a commune of 424 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Val de Sèvre. 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) · 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.