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3,058 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest subject is safety (A−): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B−, better than 55% of compared French towns. That places it #18 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Breuillet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Breuillet 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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Breuillet has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1914.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breuillet.
Children are a tenth of the town. 6.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The age that splits Breuillet in two is 62.5.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Breuillet | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 45% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,311/m², comes from 150 sales of houses and apartments in Breuillet from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.03/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,313/m² | 149 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Breuillet was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses locally in 2025.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft 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, 20.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At the census, 5.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Breuillet counts 0.6 jobs (600 jobs, 950 workers). A tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 506 deaths in Breuillet from 2016 to 2025; there were 487, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Breuillet is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 3.2 mi away.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Breuillet is Église Saint-Vivien. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. 5.2% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums and family days out in and near Breuillet. Best known first.
The list names few of Breuillet’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Vivien: Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breuillet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuillet | 3,058 | — | B− | D | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 2.8 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Saint-Palais-sur-Mer | 3,840 | 3 | C | D | D− | C+ |
| Étaules | 2,857 | 3.1 | B− | C+ | A | B− |
| Vaux-sur-Mer | 4,013 | 3.5 | C | D | D | A− |
| Royan | 19,425 | 4.5 | C− | D | D | B |
| Arvert | 3,917 | 5 | B | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,311/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Breuillet grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Breuillet is a commune of 3,058 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. 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.