Bonnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,571/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bonnes 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bonnes.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Bonnes, 5.2%, runs below Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
For Bonnes, that is below both Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bonnes has 200 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 3.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Bonnes, 0.2 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Bonnes’ ages would predict, 72 per 100 expected, under Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bonnes sits below both Vienne’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 124 residents of Bonnes died, against 173 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw72
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bonnes · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu la Miletrie
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu la Miletrie
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Bonnes: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Bonnes above both Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bonnes: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Bonnes is Château de Touffou.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bonnes
Is Bonnes safe?
Bonnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bonnes expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.10/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bonnes grades B+ for cost of living.
About Bonnes
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bonnes is a commune of 1,688 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. 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
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.
