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Saint-ClairVienne

A town of 209 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Clair a good place to live?

Saint-Clair is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Saint-Clair stand out

The 2 things Saint-Clair does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Clair’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Clair’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Clair

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Clair as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château et église Notre-Dame, in Moncontour, 3.7 mi away.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Clair.

Who lives here

Saint-Clair has fewer young adults than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are 15 to 24

18% are under 15, higher than Vienne’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 31% of residents. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.

51.9median age
Saint-ClairVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Clair
Saint-ClairVienne medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–246.7%10%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+31%25%22%
No diploma27%17%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education20%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Saint-Clair than in Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,400 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 9.1% are unemployed.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Saint-Clair, 0.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Clair than in Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.95/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Saint-Clair from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments.

€7.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Clair€7.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.24 to €10.12/m² a month)
€7.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de la Bonnetière and 2 more in and around Saint-Clair

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Clair. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Clair

12pages on Saint-Clair

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Clair is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Clair

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Clair yet.

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Saint-Clair’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vienne →
LoudunAirvaultSaint-Martin-la-PalluThouarsNeuville-de-PoitouVouilléLoudunAirvaultSaint-Martin-la-PalluThouarsNeuville-de-PoitouVouilléSaint-Clair
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Clair209—————
Loudun6,8399CADC+
Airvault Deux-Sèvres3,30611A+AA−B−
Saint-Martin-la-Pallu5,71315A−AA+B
Thouars Deux-Sèvres13,89115A−AC−B+
Neuville-de-Poitou5,51316AB+BB+
Vouillé3,69718ABA−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Clair

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Clair is a commune of 209 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

Population
209 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Loudunais
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.8 km²)
INSEE code
86218

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.