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This town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 1,926.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too — 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Breuil-Magné 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.
Each subject compares Breuil-Magné 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.
Breuil-Magné has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Breuil-Magné does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Breuil-Magné as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Poudrière extérieure, in Vergeroux, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Breuil-Magné is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breuil-Magné.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Breuil-Magné have one GP on hand. Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 111 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 26% below.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,457/m², lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and near compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Breuil-Magné from July 2023 to June 2026: 55 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €12.24/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,457/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €29,050 a year per consumption unit, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 4.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Breuil-Magné, 94.5% passed the bac, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Édouard GrimauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée Maurice Merleau-PontyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 374 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel DassaultBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 46 | 89%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.2% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Breuil-Magné | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and museums in and near Breuil-Magné. Best known first.
MuseumMusée national de l'Ancienne École de médecine navale4.9 km south, in RochefortAttractionAttractionStation thermale de Rochefort4.8 km south, in RochefortMuseumMuseumLingot d'Art 18764.9 km south, in RochefortPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breuil-Magné yet.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Breuil-Magné is a commune of 1,926 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuil-Magné | 1,926 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 3 | D | C | D | C− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 4 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 5 | — | C | — | B− |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 5.7 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 6 | D | D | C | C |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 8 | — | C+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Breuil-Magné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 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 61% of compared French towns. 95% of 374 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maurice Merleau-Ponty in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Breuil-Magné grades C− for cost of living.
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.