Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (D−): 37% 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 €1,281/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. Valdivienne 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 Valdivienne 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
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Valdivienne’s story
Valdivienne in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Valdivienne: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 26 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
22% 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 Valdivienne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Valdivienne is harder to get around on foot than 98% of compared French towns
Of those in the labour force, 6.4% are unemployed. 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%). Jobs based in Valdivienne number 350, against 1,250 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Valdivienne, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Valdivienne than in Vienne or compared French towns: 26 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 4 of 7. Among the classé monuments in Valdivienne is Église de la Chapelle-Morthemer. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments here: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Valdivienne loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 74 per 100 expected, below Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Vienne: 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 241 deaths in Valdivienne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 286: 16% below. The nearest emergency department to Valdivienne is Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon, 12.2 mi away. This Vienne town has one family doctor.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Valdivienne · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon
12.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu la Miletrie
85.8 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Valdivienne has fewer young adults than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Vienne’s towns (25%) and near compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
44.9median age
ValdivienneVienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valdivienne
Is Valdivienne safe?
Valdivienne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Valdivienne expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Valdivienne grades A for cost of living.
About Valdivienne
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Valdivienne is a commune of 2,715 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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
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.
