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A town of 1,192 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Lavoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 0% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% 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 one thing Lavoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lavoux 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Lavoux counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
19% 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 Lavoux.
0.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs based in Lavoux number 100, against 550 residents in work (0.1 per worker). The median disposable income is €28,080 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Lavoux records 80 deaths per 100 expected, near Vienne’s towns (80) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 75 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 60, 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lavoux is Chu la Miletrie, 7.4 mi away. Life expectancy in Vienne: 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
Sales in Lavoux from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below both Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a fifth of residents. Degrees are held by 39% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Lavoux | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lavoux is Château du Bois-Dousset. The protected list starts in the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Lavoux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château du Bois-Dousset: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lavoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavoux | 1,192 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars | 2,880 | 2.9 | — | B | — | A |
| Montamisé | 3,723 | 5.4 | A | B− | A+ | B |
| Chauvigny | 7,007 | 6 | B+ | A | B− | B− |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 5,229 | 6.8 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux | 4,385 | 7.7 | A− | B− | A+ | B |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | 2,631 | 8.1 | — | A | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lavoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lavoux is a commune of 1,192 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) · 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.