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Some 1,512 people live in this town, in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,623/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Villedieu-du-Clain 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.
Each subject compares La Villedieu-du-Clain 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.
La Villedieu-du-Clain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing La Villedieu-du-Clain does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Villedieu-du-Clain counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.
The list names few of La Villedieu-du-Clain’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Villedieu-du-Clain.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
62 houses and apartments changed hands in La Villedieu-du-Clain from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,623/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Villedieu-du-Clain is Chu la Miletrie, 7.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 119 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 89, 25% fewer. At birth, a girl in Vienne can expect 85.8 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: there are 3 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The census found 4.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs located in La Villedieu-du-Clain: 250, for 700 residents in work (0.4 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,660 a year per consumption unit, in line with Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.4%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
21% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). La Villedieu-du-Clain has a median age of 44.4. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Villedieu-du-Clain | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 10 offenses recorded in La Villedieu-du-Clain. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.5 violent offenses and 4.6 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most here was family violence (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 sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (78.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and family days out in and near La Villedieu-du-Clain. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Villedieu-du-Clain yet.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Villedieu-du-Clain is a commune of 1,512 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées du Clain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villedieu-du-Clain | 1,512 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Iteuil | 2,989 | 3.9 | A+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Smarves | 2,941 | 4.1 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 2,975 | 4.2 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | 2,631 | 4.7 | — | A | — | A− |
| Ligugé | 3,444 | 5.3 | A− | B− | A− | B+ |
| Vivonne | 4,550 | 5.6 | B | A | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Villedieu-du-Clain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Villedieu-du-Clain grades A 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 8, 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.