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Population 2,631: a town in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,843/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Nieuil-l'Espoir has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Nieuil-l'Espoir 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.
Nieuil-l'Espoir has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Nieuil-l'Espoir does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nieuil-l'Espoir as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré de Notre-Dame d'Availles (ou de Sainte-Marie), in Nouaillé-Maupertuis, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Nieuil-l'Espoir is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nieuil-l'Espoir.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
60 houses and apartments changed hands in Nieuil-l'Espoir from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,843/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
400 jobs are based in Nieuil-l'Espoir, for 1,250 working residents (0.3 per worker). At the census, 2.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income is €27,610 a year for each 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 292 residents of Nieuil-l'Espoir died, against 279 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its care home for older people (69 places) counts its residents as Nieuil-l'Espoir’s; allowing for it, deaths were 22% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Nieuil-l'Espoir can choose among 2 GPs. At birth, a girl in Vienne can expect 85.8 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 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.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than both Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a third of adults. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Nieuil-l'Espoir. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Nieuil-l'Espoir.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nieuil-l'Espoir is a commune of 2,631 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées du Clain. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | 2,631 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 2,975 | 2.4 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 5,229 | 4.9 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars | 2,880 | 5.2 | — | B | — | A |
| Smarves | 2,941 | 5.3 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Ligugé | 3,444 | 7 | A− | B− | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Benoît | 7,375 | 7.2 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nieuil-l'Espoir has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nieuil-l'Espoir grades A for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.