Cost of living is its strong suit — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Second homes make up 47% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Les Trois-Moutiers 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 Les Trois-Moutiers 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Dolmen de Vaon · Classé · Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Trois-Moutiers’ story
Les Trois-Moutiers in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Les Trois-Moutiers: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Simon Canuel, born in 1767, is the one person born in Les Trois-Moutiers before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1929First protected: Manoir de Champdoiseau
1957Most recently protected: Menhir dit La Pierre-Levée-de-Courçu
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Les Trois-Moutiers run lower than in Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,980 a year per consumption unit
5.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 8.7% are unemployed.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
400
jobs based in Les Trois-Moutiers, 0.9 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Les Trois-Moutiers hold a degree than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 14%
27% of residents are 65 or over, above both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of the population. The middle age in Les Trois-Moutiers is 48.2.
48.2median age
Les Trois-MoutiersVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Les Trois-Moutiers: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Vienne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Les Trois-Moutiers counts 46 protected monuments, higher than both Vienne’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen de Bernazay en grès. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Les Trois-Moutiers records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 80 in Vienne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Les Trois-Moutiers. Life expectancy in Vienne: 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 186 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 273, 47% more.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw147
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Les Trois-Moutiers · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Loudun
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Les Trois-Moutiers: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Dolmen de Bernazay en grès: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir de Champdoiseau: Photo: A. RICHARD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de Vaon: Photo: Ludovic Péron · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Les Trois-Moutiers
One notable person was born in Les Trois-Moutiers.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Trois-Moutiers
Is Les Trois-Moutiers safe?
Les Trois-Moutiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Les Trois-Moutiers
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Trois-Moutiers is a commune of 1,078 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Loudunais. 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.
