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It is a town of 890 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Ardillières has none. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over. Homes sell for a median €1,884/m².
The 2 things Ardillières does most differently from other towns.
Ardillières has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
24% 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 Ardillières.
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Ardillières is 39.8 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Ardillières | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ardillières is Dolmen dit La Pierre Fouquerée. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ardillières has 50 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.1 per worker. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Ardillières went to work by public transport. The median disposable income was €25,440 a year per consumption unit, near both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 33 homes in Ardillières.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,884/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Ardillières has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
Dolmen dit La Pierre Levée: Photo: Tux-Man · CC0 · Dolmen dit La Pierre Fouquerée: Photo: Tux-Man · CC0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ardillières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardillières | 890 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 4.4 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 7.3 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 7.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 7.6 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 9 | D | C | D | C− |
| Châtelaillon-Plage | 6,653 | 9.6 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ardillières is a commune of 890 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis Sud. 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 November 4, 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.
