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In Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 234 residents.
Vanzay has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 25% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The 2 things Vanzay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vanzay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ensemble des deux tumulus à chambres dolméniques, appelés tumulus du Montiou, in Sainte-Soline, 2.5 mi away.
59% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vanzay.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town. Over-65s are 30% of the population. Ages in Vanzay split evenly at 51.8: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Vanzay | Deux-Sèvres median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Deux-Sèvres median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 11.2%, above both Deux-Sèvres’ towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 50 jobs are based in Vanzay, for 100 working residents (0.4 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €23,430 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 €6.17/m² a month. 10 houses and apartments changed hands in Vanzay from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vanzay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vanzay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vanzay is a commune of 234 people in the Communauté de communes Mellois en Poitou. 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 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.