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Home to 1,235 people, this town lies in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Genest-d'Ambière 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 Saint-Genest-d'Ambière 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.
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1988.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genest-d'Ambière.
At the census, 4.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 12.0%, higher than both Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has 400 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.7 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €24,750 a year per consumption unit.
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.
For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 8.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arsène LambertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 83%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.77/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 28 homes in Saint-Genest-d'Ambière.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Genest-d'Ambière records 82 deaths per 100 expected. 89 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 108: 18% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Genest-d'Ambière is Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault, 8.9 mi away. Women in Vienne live to 85.8 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Vienne’s towns (25%). The middle age in Saint-Genest-d'Ambière is 44.4. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Genest-d'Ambière | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Saint-Genest-d'Ambière. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Genest-d'Ambière yet.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière is a commune of 1,235 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Genest-d'Ambière | 1,235 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Thuré | 2,765 | 5.2 | A− | A | A | A− |
| Naintré | 5,964 | 6.9 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr | 2,908 | 7.2 | — | A | — | A− |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,713 | 8.3 | A− | A | A+ | B |
| Châtellerault | 31,003 | 8.4 | C+ | A− | C− | B |
| Dissay | 3,101 | 8.5 | A− | A− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Genest-d'Ambière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 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.