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A town of 7,375 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
Saint-Benoît grades B+ overall: better than 67% of compared French towns, and #21 of 29 in Vienne. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,148/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Benoît does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Benoît 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Benoît: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Benoît. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Sainte-Croix2.8 km north, in Poitiers
MuseumMusée Rupert-de-Chièvres3 km north, in PoitiersCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers3 km north, in PoitiersHistoric houseHistoric housePalais des ducs d'Aquitaine3.2 km north, in PoitiersGardenGardenJardin des Plantes de Poitiers3.8 km north, in PoitiersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Benoît.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Saint-Benoît is below both Vienne’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 756 residents of Saint-Benoît died, against 946 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Saint-Benoît comes above both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Benoît, 94.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Vienne’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théophraste RenaudotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 87%−6 pts |
| Lycée du Bois d'AmourNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 309 | 97%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel RéaumurBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 59 | 92%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Saint-Benoît, that is above both Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 14% of the town.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Benoît | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 165 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Benoît in 2025. For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 1.0% of the index here. With 4,150 jobs for 2,850 working residents, Saint-Benoît draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Benoît: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,148/m², comes from 250 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Benoît from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,164/m² | 168 |
| Apartments | €2,134/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Benoît: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
One notable person was born in Saint-Benoît.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît | 7,375 | — | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Poitiers | 89,916 | 1.8 | C | C+ | D | A− |
| Ligugé | 3,444 | 2.5 | A− | B− | A− | B+ |
| Smarves | 2,941 | 3 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 5,229 | 3.1 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Buxerolles | 10,289 | 3.4 | B− | C+ | C+ | A |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard | 6,290 | 3.8 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #22 of 29 in Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #19 of 26 in Vienne. 97% of 309 candidates passed the bac at Lycée du Bois d'Amour in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,148/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,164/m² (168 sales), apartments €2,134/m² (82 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Benoît grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Benoît is a commune of 7,375 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
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 October 30, 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.