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Leigné-sur-UsseauVienne

A town of 451 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Leigné-sur-Usseau a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Leigné-sur-Usseau has none.

Leigné-sur-Usseau’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Leigné-sur-Usseau’s story

No historic monuments in Leigné-sur-Usseau

The Culture ministry lists no building in Leigné-sur-Usseau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Marmande, in Vellèches, 3.1 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Leigné-sur-Usseau is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leigné-sur-Usseau.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Leigné-sur-Usseau hold a degree than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 17%

47.3median age

20% of residents are 65 or over, below both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town. Half the people of Leigné-sur-Usseau are older than 47.3.

Leigné-sur-UsseauVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education17%

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 Leigné-sur-Usseau
Leigné-sur-UsseauVienne medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–249.5%10%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+20%25%22%
No diploma20%17%19%
CAP or BEP37%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education17%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Leigné-sur-Usseau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 1.9%

2%walk, cycle or take transit

7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Leigné-sur-Usseau number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Leigné-sur-Usseau didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Leigné-sur-Usseau, 0.2 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Leigné-sur-Usseau costs less than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.27/m² a month

€9.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €7.02/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 11 homes in Leigné-sur-Usseau.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Leigné-sur-Usseau€9.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.91/m² a month)
€7.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Leigné-sur-Usseau

11pages on Leigné-sur-Usseau

Famous people from Leigné-sur-Usseau

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About Leigné-sur-Usseau

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Leigné-sur-Usseau is a commune of 451 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. 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
451 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.2 km²)
INSEE code
86127

Leigné-sur-Usseau’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 →
ThuréDangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultNaintréDescartesBeaumont Saint-CyrThuréDangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultNaintréDescartesBeaumont Saint-CyrLeigné-sur-Usseau
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Leigné-sur-Usseau451—————
Thuré2,7655.9A−AAA−
Dangé-Saint-Romain2,9596.3AAA−A
Châtellerault31,0037.8C+A−C−B
Naintré5,96410AA−B+A
Descartes Indre-et-Loire3,36911BA+C−B+
Beaumont Saint-Cyr2,90813—A—A−

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

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.