Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (C−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment.
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 and employment, INSEE census 2023. Lathus-Saint-Rémy 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 Lathus-Saint-Rémy 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.
Église Saint-Maurice: Photo: PèreForez · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lathus-Saint-Rémy.
HousingCost of living A+
A home in Lathus-Saint-Rémy sells for €703/m², less than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
€703/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €7.50/m² a month, below Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Lathus-Saint-Rémy recorded 56 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.14/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lathus-Saint-Rémy€703/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vienne median€1,790/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€703/m²
56
€7.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.06 to €9.28/m² a month)
2.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Lathus-Saint-Rémy is harder to get around on foot than 87% of compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €22,700 a year per consumption unit, below both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 18.0% of working residents in Lathus-Saint-Rémy didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Lathus-Saint-Rémy, 0.8 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
18%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Lathus-Saint-Rémy than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
55.5median age
People 65 and over make up 35% of the town, above Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. At 55.5, the median resident of Lathus-Saint-Rémy sits in the middle of the age range.
Lathus-Saint-RémyVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Lathus-Saint-Rémy has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vienne is 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Lathus-Saint-Rémy records 101 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 219 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 271, 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Lathus-Saint-Rémy is Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon, 8.3 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Lathus-Saint-Rémy · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon
30.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Lathus-Saint-Rémy keeps more of its old housing than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lathus-Saint-Rémy is Église Saint-Maurice. On the Culture ministry’s list, Lathus-Saint-Rémy counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Lathus-Saint-Rémy is a commune of 1,214 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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
1,214 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
38 sq mi (98.5 km²)
INSEE code
86120
Lathus-Saint-Rémy’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lathus-Saint-Rémy
Is Lathus-Saint-Rémy safe?
Lathus-Saint-Rémy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Lathus-Saint-Rémy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lathus-Saint-Rémy grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
