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A town of 1,135 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Tercé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 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 2 things Tercé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tercé 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 1 historic monument in Tercé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tercé.
Per resident in work, Tercé counts 0.1 jobs (100 jobs, 550 workers). The median disposable income was €26,780 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). 2.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,854/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in Tercé between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.99/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,854/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Vienne live to 85.8 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Tercé records 78 deaths per 100 expected, close to Vienne’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). 69 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 88: 22% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Tercé is Chu la Miletrie, 9 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. 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.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tercé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 34% have a degree. The middle age in Tercé is 42.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Tercé | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Tercé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
La Thibaudière: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tercé yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tercé | 1,135 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Valdivienne | 2,715 | 3.7 | — | A | — | A− |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars | 2,880 | 4 | — | B | — | A |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | 2,631 | 5.3 | — | A | — | A− |
| Chauvigny | 7,007 | 5.3 | B+ | A | B− | B− |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 2,975 | 6.9 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 5,229 | 7.7 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tercé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,854/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tercé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tercé is a commune of 1,135 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.