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A town of 1,405 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Colombiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% 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 €1,286/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% 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 Colombiers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Colombiers 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Colombiers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
16% 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 Colombiers.
The median disposable income was €27,150 a year per consumption unit, near Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 3.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs located in Colombiers: 100, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). The unemployment rate comes to 7.3%.
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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Colombiers come to 78 per 100 predicted. 103 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 132: 22% below. The nearest emergency department to Colombiers is Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault, 6.7 mi away. In Vienne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,286/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Colombiers between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.02/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.10/m² a month, between Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,286/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Colombiers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Degrees are held by 30% of adults, lower than Vienne’s towns (32%) and near compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Colombiers is 46.7. The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Colombiers | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Colombiers. Best known first.
Archaeological siteMenhir-polissoir de Souhé3.8 km southeast, in NaintréChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clairvaux3.9 km northwest, in Scorbé-ClairvauxChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Tour-de-Naintré2.3 km east, in NaintréChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaumont4.2 km south, in Beaumont Saint-CyrChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaudiment3.2 km southeast, in Beaumont Saint-CyrPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Colombiers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: PèreForez · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Colombiers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombiers | 1,405 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Naintré | 5,964 | 2.6 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr | 2,908 | 3.2 | — | A | — | A− |
| Thuré | 2,765 | 4 | A− | A | A | A− |
| Dissay | 3,101 | 5.2 | A− | A− | A− | B− |
| Châtellerault | 31,003 | 5.7 | C+ | A− | C− | B |
| Jaunay-Marigny | 7,528 | 6.5 | A− | B | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Colombiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,286/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Colombiers grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Colombiers is a commune of 1,405 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. 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.