Bords has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. At the median price of €1,564/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bords 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 Bords.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Bords run lower than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,570 a year per consumption unit
5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 11.2%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Bords, 0.4 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,570
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 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Bords sees 84 deaths per 100 expected, against 89 in Charente-Maritime’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 117 deaths in Bords between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 139: 16% below. The nearest emergency department to Bords is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 9.7 mi away. This Charente-Maritime town has 3 family doctors.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bords · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bords keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bords has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Vivien. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Bords hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 19%
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.
45.7median age
BordsCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bords
Is Bords safe?
Bords has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bords expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,564/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bords grades B for cost of living.
About Bords
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bords is a commune of 1,375 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
1,375 (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.
