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1,400 people call this town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. Homes go for a median €779/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Thénezay 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 Thénezay 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.
Thénezay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Thénezay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Thénezay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Cherves, in Cherves, 2.4 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Thénezay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thénezay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Thénezay: 71 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €779/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 29% of residents are 65 or older. Thénezay has a median age of 50.7. 17% are under 15, in line with Deux-Sèvres’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Thénezay | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.7%, higher than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
273 deaths in Thénezay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 239: 14% above. Its care home for older people (61 places) counts its residents as Thénezay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Thénezay is Site hospitalier de Parthenay, 9.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Thénezay can choose among 2 GPs.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Thénezay. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thénezay yet.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Thénezay is a commune of 1,400 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thénezay | 1,400 | — | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Airvault | 3,306 | 9.4 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet | 2,656 | 11 | — | A | — | A− |
| Parthenay | 10,140 | 11 | B+ | A− | D | B+ |
| Vouillé Vienne | 3,697 | 11 | A | B | A− | C |
| Boivre-la-Vallée Vienne | 3,024 | 13 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Neuville-de-Poitou Vienne | 5,513 | 14 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Thénezay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thénezay 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.