Benon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,184/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. Its strongest is schools (B): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Benon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Benon.
Who lives here
A town of families: 26% of people in Benon are under 15, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 32% of adults. 14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
36.4median age
BenonCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
8%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer people in Benon are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.8%
2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Benon has 200 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Benon, 0.2 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Benon: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Benon is Tumulus B et C de Champ-Châlon. On the Culture ministry’s list, Benon counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Benon is 16 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (67 places) counts its residents as Benon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 235 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 154: 52% above.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw152
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Benon · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
16 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Benon
Is Benon safe?
Benon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Benon good?
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Benon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,184/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Benon grades B− for cost of living.
About Benon
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Benon is a commune of 1,859 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis 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
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.
