Lusignan grades A overall: better than 94% of compared French towns, and #2 of 29 in Vienne. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lusignan 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 Lusignan.
History
Lusignan is rich in protected monuments: 24 per 10,000 residents, more than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Lusignan is above both Vienne’s towns (6.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Lusignan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lusignan is Église Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Junien.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Lusignan skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns
Lusignan sits above both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 13% of residents are children under 15.
51.7median age
LusignanVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Safety
Lusignan has less crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in the graded categories in Lusignan in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 12.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
5.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Burglary10
Other physical violence8
Theft without violence15
Fraud11
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.
5.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.3%
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
HealthHealth B−
Lusignan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 607 residents of Lusignan died, against 430 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% more. Its two care homes for older people (216 places) count their residents as Lusignan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% 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.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Lusignan · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique de Poitiers
13.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Fief de Grimoire
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Lusignan run lower than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,330 a year per consumption unit
That puts Lusignan below both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). Lusignan has 1,200 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,200
jobs based in Lusignan, 1.2 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Château médiéval: Photo: Frères de Limbourg (Herman, Paul et Jean) / Barthélemy d'Eyck · Public domain · Maisons à pans de bois du 16e siècle: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Emmanuel Dissais Merci de créditer : Emmanuel Dissais / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA J’apprécierai que vous me l’indiquiez par courriel ( emmanuel-dissais hotmail.fr ) si vous reprenez cette image en-dehors d'un projet Wikimédia. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison du Gouverneur: Photo: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Junien: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Ernest Chebroux: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain · Désiré Alfred Magne: Nadar, Public domain · Charles Pierre Fradin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Lusignan’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 Lusignan
Is Lusignan safe?
It grades B for safety, #20 of 29 in Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lusignan good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #2 of 26 in Vienne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lusignan expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.25/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lusignan grades A for cost of living.
About Lusignan
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lusignan is a commune of 2,544 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
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.
