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224 residents make their home in this town in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Curçay-sur-Dive a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Curçay-sur-Dive has none. 19% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Curçay-sur-Dive stand out

The one thing Curçay-sur-Dive does most differently from other towns.

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Donjon
Donjon · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Curçay-sur-Dive’s story

Curçay-sur-Dive in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Curçay-sur-Dive counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Restes de l'église Saint-Pierre
  • 1980Most recently protected: Pont gallo-romain dit Pont de la Reine-Blanche
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Curçay-sur-Dive.

Who lives here

Curçay-sur-Dive has fewer young adults than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7% are 15 to 24

Under 15: 14% of residents. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Curçay-sur-Dive split evenly at 47.8: half are older, half younger.

47.8median age
Curçay-sur-DiveVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Curçay-sur-Dive
Curçay-sur-DiveVienne medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–245.7%10%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+27%25%22%
No diploma16%17%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%18%18%
Higher education22%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Curçay-sur-Dive keeps more of its old housing than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 47% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity. On the Culture ministry’s list, Curçay-sur-Dive counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2
Antiquity
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Curçay-sur-Dive are out of work than in Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.3%

Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.8% of commuters at the census. For its 100 residents in work, Curçay-sur-Dive has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income was €22,920 a year per consumption unit, below both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Curçay-sur-Dive, 0.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Curçay-sur-Dive than in Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.95/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Curçay-sur-Dive recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Curçay-sur-Dive€7.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.24 to €10.12/m² a month)
€7.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Donjon de Curçay-sur-Dive and 4 more in and around Curçay-sur-Dive

Heritage in and near Curçay-sur-Dive. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Curçay-sur-Dive

12pages on Curçay-sur-Dive

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Curçay-sur-Dive counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Pont gallo-romain dit Pont de la Reine-Blanche: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Restes de l'église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Curçay-sur-Dive

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Curçay-sur-Dive yet.

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Curçay-sur-Dive’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vienne →
LoudunThouarsMontreuil-BellayLoretz-d'ArgentonBellevigne-les-ChâteauxAirvaultLoudunThouarsMontreuil-BellayLoretz-d'ArgentonBellevigne-les-ChâteauxAirvaultCurçay-sur-Dive
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Curçay-sur-Dive224—————
Loudun6,8396.9CADC+
Thouars Deux-Sèvres13,8918A−AC−B+
Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire3,7469.3B−AC+C+
Loretz-d'Argenton Deux-Sèvres2,57510—A—B−
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire3,43513A+A−AB
Airvault Deux-Sèvres3,30613A+AA−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Curçay-sur-Dive

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Curçay-sur-Dive is a commune of 224 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Loudunais. 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

Population
224 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Loudunais
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
6.1 sq mi (15.9 km²)
INSEE code
86090

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.