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It is a town of 1,155 residents in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C−) — 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,620/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Coulombiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Coulombiers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coulombiers 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.
Coulombiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Coulombiers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Celle-Lévescault, 4.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coulombiers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Coulombiers records 103 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Coulombiers died, against 88 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Coulombiers is Polyclinique de Poitiers, 10.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Coulombiers have one GP on hand.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,570 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Coulombiers counts 0.5 jobs (250 jobs, 550 workers). At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.28/m² a month. Coulombiers recorded 35 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.48/m² a month, near Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,620/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Vienne’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Coulombiers has a median age of 44.6 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Coulombiers | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 0 offenses recorded in Coulombiers in the categories behind the grade.
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
Nothing in Coulombiers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coulombiers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulombiers | 1,155 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Lusignan | 2,544 | 4.7 | A | A | B | B− |
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 3,972 | 5 | A− | B− | B+ | A |
| Vivonne | 4,550 | 5.5 | B | A | D | A |
| Iteuil | 2,989 | 5.7 | A+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Boivre-la-Vallée | 3,024 | 6 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Ligugé | 3,444 | 6.7 | A− | B− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coulombiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coulombiers grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coulombiers is a commune of 1,155 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
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 4, 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.