Dept 79 Rank #24 / 96
Deux-Sèvres
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · Nearest city: Niort → Poitiers (~30 min)
🚄 TGV
Marais Poitevin (Green Venice), bocage
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Deux-Sèvres combines affordable property, decent sunshine and low crime, with little tourism and flat scenery as its softer notes. Les Deux-Sèvres combinent un immobilier abordable, un ensoleillement correct et une faible délinquance, avec un tourisme discret et des paysages plats comme points faibles.
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Climate
Sunshine
2,062h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: lost ~7 sun hours each year.
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Sunny days
161/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
121/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer rain days each year.
p54 of 96
Annual rainfall
774mm/yr
total volume
p68 of 96
Heavy rain
5/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
24/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
8/10
3.4 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.2 °C per year.
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Wind
3.4m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
4/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Avg max temperature · °C
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
22
J
25
J
25
A
20
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+4 days · +3 so far
Tropical nights ~+11 nights · +3 so far
Frost days ~-15 days · -13 so far
Dry-soil days ~+16 days
Landscape
Landscape score
3/10
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Max elevation
272m
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Forest cover
7.2%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Marais Poitevin (Green Venice), bocage
Identity
Deux-Sèvres is the birthplace of Henri-Georges Clouzot (réalisateur).
Notable figures born here
Henri-Georges Clouzot — réalisateurMadame de Maintenon — philosopheÉdouard Stephan — astronomeÉtienne Capoue — footballeurCatherine Breillat — écrivainLaurent Cantet — assistant réalisateurJean-Hugues Anglade — réalisateurRené Caillié — explorateurHenri de La Rochejaquelein — officierJoseph Avenol — diplomate
Terroir & appellations
Deux-Sèvres lies within protected appellation areas, including Cognac, Haut-Poitou, Saumur (vins tranquilles rouges).
CognacHaut-PoitouSaumur (vins tranquilles rouges)Saumur (vins tranquilles blancs et rosés)Anjou VillagesSaumur mousseuxAnjou gamayAnjouMothais sur feuilleRosé de LoireChabichou du PoitouMaine-Anjou
Distinctions
- Marie de la Tour d'Auvergne
- Jardins de Cistus
- La prairie enchantée
- Les Roches blanches
- Jardins du Gué
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Station classée de tourisme (1)
Risks
Safety score
9/10
Flood risk
Moderate
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
High
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very high
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Earthquake Very high 100% p80 of 96
Severe weather Very high 99.6% p78 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Very high 95.7% p70 of 96
Ground movement Very high 95.3% p65 of 96
Flooding High 79.7% p69 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport High 62.1% p65 of 96
Radon Moderate 52% p77 of 96
Dam failure Very low 11.7% p52 of 96
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Industrial hazard Very low 3.5% p51 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
2.5 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
2
A10 · A83
Work locally
34.9%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Niort → Poitiers (~30 min)
✈ Airport
Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS) · ~48 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
2.5h direct
🛣 Highways
A10, A83
Services
Healthcare
4/10
APL 3.1
p26 of 96
Schools
8/10
Brevet 91%
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Fiber coverage
96%
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Intl schools
1school
International programmes available
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People
Population
374,470
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Density
62/km²
Mixed
-23% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
0%/yr
-0.2 pts vs median · p29
Median income
$25,300
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
12.4%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
8.8%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 84 residents
p15 of 96 · 4,473 beds
Age distribution · % of population
0-14
14%
15-24
11%
25-39
12%
40-54
14%
55-69
20%
70+
29%
Office professionals
13.7%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.6%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
13.7%
At-home trades
Farmers
3.2%
Artisans & shopkeepers
6.2%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
22.9%
Clerical & service staff
27.9%
Manual workers
26.1%
Real estate
Median
$1,420/m²
$610 $2,630
House $1,420 Apt $1,960
+0.3%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
42.46%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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