Cost of living is its strong suit (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its schools fall short: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Aulnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Aulnay 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Aulnay skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
11% are under 15, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.6%. Among adults, 19% have a degree.
58.6median age
AulnayCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Aulnay sells for €1,185/m², less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.75/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.72/m² a month. Aulnay recorded 89 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,185/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aulnay€1,185/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,185/m²
89
€9.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.48 to €12.72/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Aulnay’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
287 deaths in Aulnay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 226: 27% above. Adjusted mortality locally: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Aulnay is Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely, 10.1 mi away. At birth, a girl in Charente-Maritime can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Aulnay · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely
20.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Niort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Aulnay are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.3%
Aulnay holds 750 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 1.5 jobs each. The median disposable income is €23,150 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Aulnay went to work by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Aulnay, 1.5 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Aulnay keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 4 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Aulnay is Église Notre-Dame de Salles. On the Culture ministry’s list, Aulnay counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aulnay
Is Aulnay safe?
Aulnay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Aulnay good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aulnay expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aulnay grades A− for cost of living.
About Aulnay
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Aulnay is a commune of 1,410 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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
Population
1,410 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
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.
