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Home to 3,486 people, this town lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. People aged 65 and over make up 35% of residents.
With a B+ overall, Bourcefranc-le-Chapus sits #7 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. It comes out better than 73% of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is schools — bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bourcefranc-le-Chapus 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Bourcefranc-le-Chapus. Best known first.
FortFort Louvoisin town
MuseumMusée de l'huîtrein town
MuseumCité de l'Huître4.3 km southeast, in Marennes-Hiers-BrouageChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Gataudière2.6 km southeast, in Marennes-Hiers-BrouageMuseumMuseumLa cabane des Claires4.7 km southeast, in Marennes-Hiers-BrouageAttractionAttractionOpsitta4.9 km west, in Saint-Trojan-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus.
Degrees are held by 22% of adults. People 65 and over make up 35% of the town, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, 97.0% passed the bac, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Its schools’ results rank #11 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean HayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée de la mer et du littoralNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 157 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 44 offenses recorded in the town.
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 · For sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €2,451/m², below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,406/m² | 161 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €24,710 a year per consumption unit. 3.1% of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.7%, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is Fort du Chapus. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 535 residents of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus died, against 508 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its two care homes for older people (84 places) count their residents as Bourcefranc-le-Chapus’; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron, 10.2 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort du Chapus: Photo: Patrick Despoix · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 3,486 | — | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage | 6,163 | 2.3 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Le Château-d'Oléron | 4,366 | 4.2 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| La Tremblade | 4,650 | 5 | C | C− | D | C |
| Arvert | 3,917 | 7 | B | C | A | C+ |
| Dolus-d'Oléron | 3,199 | 7.2 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 8.4 | — | C | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #11 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. The lycée stands out: 97% of 157 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de la mer et du littoral in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bourcefranc-le-Chapus grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a commune of 3,486 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. 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 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.