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A town of 2,869 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cissé has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,993/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Poitou. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% 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.
The 2 things Cissé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cissé 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.
Cissé has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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Cissé has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cissé.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,430 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 5.7%. For its 1,400 residents in work, Cissé has 650 jobs: 0.5 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Vienne live to 85.8 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Cissé died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cissé is Polyclinique de Poitiers, 8.2 mi away. One GP practises here.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
19% are under 15, above Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. Typical age in Cissé: 42.7, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Cissé | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Cissé has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,993/m²: 85 houses and apartments sold in Cissé between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.05/m² a month, above Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,993/m² | 85 |
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.
For exam results, it comes #3 of 26 in Vienne. The nearest general lycée is 5.2 mi away. A collège lies 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Cissé was burglary (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.1 violent offenses and 7.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. For 2025, the figures show 14 offenses locally.
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 32.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Cissé. Best known first.
Cissé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cissé yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cissé | 2,869 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Neuville-de-Poitou | 5,513 | 2.7 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Migné-Auxances | 6,285 | 3.4 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Vouillé | 3,697 | 3.5 | A | B | A− | C |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard | 6,290 | 4.4 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,713 | 5.1 | A− | A | A+ | B |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 4,743 | 5.7 | C+ | B− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cissé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #3 of 26 in Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,993/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cissé grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cissé is a commune of 2,869 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-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) · 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 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.