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AnchéVienne

A town of 324 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Anché a good place to live?

Anché is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Anché stand out

The one thing Anché does most differently from other towns.

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Anché’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Anché’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Anché, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1990First protected: Château de Villenon
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Anché.

History

Anché keeps more of its old housing than Vienne or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On this, Anché is above both Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Anché, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1990
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Anché, fewer than in Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Anché comes below both Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.

47.7median age
AnchéVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Anché
AnchéVienne medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma19%17%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education34%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Anché has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Anché, 0.2 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Anché costs less than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.06/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

For Anché, that is below both Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.06/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Anché€8.06/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€8.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €9.86/m² a month)
€7.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Villenon and 2 more in and around Anché

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Anché. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Anché

12pages on Anché

Landmarks

Anché has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Anché

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Anché yet.

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Anché’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vienne →
Valence-en-PoitouVivonneLusignanIteuilRouilléSmarvesValence-en-PoitouVivonneLusignanIteuilRouilléSmarvesAnché
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Anché324—————
Valence-en-Poitou4,3253.5A−AB+B−
Vivonne4,5505.8BADA
Lusignan2,5449.2AABB−
Iteuil2,98910A+B+A−B+
Rouillé2,53312—A+—B
Smarves2,94112AA−AA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Anché

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Anché is a commune of 324 people in the Communauté de communes du Civraisien 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

Population
324 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Civraisien en Poitou
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
INSEE code
86003

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.