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22% of residents are 15 to 24. This town in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 4,743.
Safety lags: an average of 14.2 recorded violent incidents and 23.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chasseneuil-du-Poitou’s overall grade is C+, better than two fifths of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #27 of 29 in Vienne. Its best grade is for walkability: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,024/m² takes 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools, B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 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.
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The 3 things Chasseneuil-du-Poitou does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Vayres, in Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 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 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou.
All told, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou had 148 recorded offenses in 2025. The town comes 28th of the 29 compared towns in Vienne on the Safety Grade. With 10,600 jobs for 2,100 working residents, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou draws people in from neighbouring communes. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Unemployment stood at 11.2%, above Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou went to work by public transport. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €25,620 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 36% of adults hold a degree.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 22% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (79 places) counts its residents as Chasseneuil-du-Poitou’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 383 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 389, 2% more. Life expectancy at birth in Vienne is 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, houses go for €1,866/m² and apartments for €2,433/m². Houses made up 69% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. This Vienne town recorded 139 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,866/m² | 96 |
| Apartments | €2,433/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, 98.0% passed the bac, above Vienne’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away. Schools rank #7 of 26 in Vienne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 85%−6 pts |
| Lycée pilote innovant internationalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 187 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège privé le Sacré-Coeur PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 70 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Chasseneuil-du-Poitou. Best known first.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chasseneuil-du-Poitou as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is a commune of 4,743 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 4,743 | — | C+ | B− | D | B |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux | 4,385 | 2.4 | A− | B− | A+ | B |
| Migné-Auxances | 6,285 | 3 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Jaunay-Marigny | 7,528 | 3 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Montamisé | 3,723 | 3.4 | A | B− | A+ | B |
| Buxerolles | 10,289 | 3.4 | B− | C+ | C+ | A |
| Dissay | 3,101 | 4.5 | A− | A− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #7 of 26 in Vienne. 98% of 187 candidates passed the bac at Lycée pilote innovant international in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.69/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chasseneuil-du-Poitou grades B− 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 9, 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.