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This town in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 2,020.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val en Vignes 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.
The one thing Val en Vignes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Val en Vignes 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.
Val en Vignes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Val en Vignes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château de l'Ebaupinay ou de Baupinay, in Argentonnay, 4 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and family days out in and near Val en Vignes. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val en Vignes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €915/m², comes from 76 sales of houses and apartments in Val en Vignes from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €915/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 159 residents of Val en Vignes died, against 196 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Val en Vignes is Site hospitalier de Thouars, 9.2 mi away. 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
10.2% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.7% of working residents in Val en Vignes didn’t travel to work at all. The census found 7.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of adults hold a degree, below both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Ages in Val en Vignes split evenly at 44.4: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Val en Vignes | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Val en Vignes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Val en Vignes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val en Vignes | 2,020 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Loretz-d'Argenton | 2,575 | 4.8 | — | A | — | B− |
| Argentonnay | 3,234 | 5.9 | A | A+ | A | C |
| Thouars | 13,891 | 7.1 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Lys-Haut-Layon Maine-et-Loire | 7,748 | 9.9 | A+ | A | A | B+ |
| Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 11,029 | 11 | A− | A− | B− | C |
| Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire | 3,746 | 12 | B− | A | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Val en Vignes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €915/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val en Vignes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Val en Vignes is a commune of 2,020 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
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.