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BoscamnantCharente-Maritime

The town has 330 residents and lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Boscamnant a good place to live?

Boscamnant has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just over three in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Boscamnant stand out

The one thing Boscamnant does most differently from other towns.

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Boscamnant’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Boscamnant’s story

No historic monuments in Boscamnant

The Culture ministry lists no building in Boscamnant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Coux, 4 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boscamnant.

Who lives here

Children make up only 7.3% of Boscamnant, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up 2.6% of the town. Ages in Boscamnant split evenly at 72.4: half are older, half younger.

72.4median age
BoscamnantCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma43%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

58% women, 42% men

About 73 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.

Ages and diplomas in Boscamnant
BoscamnantCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 157.3%12%17%
15–242.6%7.6%11%
25–4411%17%23%
45–6419%27%26%
65+61%36%22%
No diploma43%19%19%
CAP or BEP18%29%26%
Baccalauréat9.6%18%18%
Higher education27%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Boscamnant, 7.2%, runs below Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

7.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Boscamnant has 250 jobs for 50 working residents, 3.9 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €23,410 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Boscamnant, 3.9 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 19.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away.

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Boscamnant86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Bernard RoussillonNearest collègeCollègeCollège4386%+1 pt
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Boscamnant costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.60/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Boscamnant: 7 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.60/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Boscamnant€10.60/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€10.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.58 to €13.10/m² a month)
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Boscamnant

12pages on Boscamnant

Landmarks

Nothing in Boscamnant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Boscamnant

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Boscamnant yet.

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Boscamnant’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente-Maritime →
La Roche-ChalaisCoutrasSaint-Seurin-sur-l'IsleLaruscadeSaint-Denis-de-PileSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacLa Roche-ChalaisCoutrasSaint-Seurin-sur-l'IsleLaruscadeSaint-Denis-de-PileSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacBoscamnant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Boscamnant330—————
La Roche-Chalais Dordogne3,0605.3B−B+A−D
Coutras Gironde8,67811D−C+C−C+
Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde3,16713BBBB−
Laruscade Gironde2,81115—B—B−
Saint-Denis-de-Pile Gironde5,95516BC+A−B−
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde2,58617C−C+B+D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Boscamnant

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Boscamnant is a commune of 330 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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
330 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.4 sq mi (14.1 km²)
INSEE code
17055

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.