Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,463 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Bourgneuf’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on schools — brevet results 1.1 points below the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living (D) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bourgneuf 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.
The 2 things Bourgneuf does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bourgneuf 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.
Bourgneuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bourgneuf as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Sainte-Soulle, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourgneuf.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Bourgneuf died, against 91 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% fewer. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,517/m², about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Bourgneuf: 44 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,517/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Bourgneuf, 92.6% passed the brevet, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (91.4%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.6 mi away. The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc ChagallNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 225 | 90%−3 pts |
| Collège Françoise DoltoBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 134 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 7.6%. Bourgneuf has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Bourgneuf | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bourgneuf is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bourgneuf.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgneuf | 1,463 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 2.5 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 2.9 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 3.6 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 3.7 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 4.6 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bourgneuf has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourgneuf grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bourgneuf is a commune of 1,463 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. 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.