Lencloître has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lencloître 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lencloître.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Lencloître costs less than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.68/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Lencloître below both Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,295/m², comes from 91 sales of houses and apartments in Lencloître from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,295/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lencloître€1,295/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vienne median€1,790/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,295/m²
91
€8.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.01 to €10.75/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Lencloître than in Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
On this, Lencloître is below both Vienne’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents.
49.8median age
LencloîtreVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Lencloître’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 68% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 422 residents of Lencloître died, against 381 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Its two care homes for older people (127 places) count their residents as Lencloître’s; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Lencloître · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Lencloître than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,510 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Lencloître comes below both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Lencloître has 750 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Lencloître, 0.8 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lencloître has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 49 offenses in the graded categories in Lencloître in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 15.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence17
Burglary12
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence7
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
Lencloître keeps more of its old housing than Vienne or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Lencloître, that is above both Vienne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lencloître: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lencloître is Église Notre-Dame.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lencloître
Is Lencloître safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lencloître good?
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lencloître expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,295/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lencloître grades A for cost of living.
About Lencloître
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lencloître is a commune of 2,483 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
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.
