Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,917 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Arvert grades B overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #13 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Arvert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arvert 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arvert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, 5.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arvert.
Children under 15 make up 12%, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7% of the town. Retirement age and beyond: 37% of residents are 65 or older.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Arvert | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Arvert was criminal damage (2025). 43 offenses were reported in Arvert during 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.0% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.1 mi off. School results put the town #6 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fernand GarandeauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 93%+3 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 200 homes were sold in Arvert. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.73/m² a month. Also worth knowing: the sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,699/m² | 176 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,350 residents in work, Arvert has 1,050 jobs: 0.8 each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,790 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 6.0% 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (74 places) counts its residents as Arvert’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 538 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 560, 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Arvert is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 8.1 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Family days out and museums in and near Arvert. Best known first.
Nothing in Arvert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Arvert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvert | 3,917 | — | B | C | A | C+ |
| Étaules | 2,857 | 1.9 | B− | C+ | A | B− |
| La Tremblade | 4,650 | 2.2 | C | C− | D | C |
| Breuillet | 3,058 | 5 | B− | D | A− | B+ |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage | 6,163 | 5.8 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Palais-sur-Mer | 3,840 | 7 | C | D | D− | C+ |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 3,486 | 7 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #8 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #6 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.47/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Arvert grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arvert is a commune of 3,917 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. 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.