Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,481 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cabariot’s lowest grade is for schools — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,190/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. It lags on walkability as well: 39% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cabariot 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 Cabariot 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.
Cabariot 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 Cabariot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péage, in Tonnay-Charente, 1.7 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cabariot.
6.1% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Median disposable income comes to €24,870 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The closest collège is 2.2 mi off. General-bac pupils go 5.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric et Irène Joliot-CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 82%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Cabariot | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
47 sales of houses and apartments in Cabariot, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,190/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,190/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Charente-Maritime can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 222 residents of Cabariot died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Cabariot’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage and family days out in and near Cabariot. Best known first.
Nothing in Cabariot is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cabariot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabariot | 1,481 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 2.4 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 5.2 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 5.6 | D | C | D | C− |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 6.4 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 7.5 | — | C | — | B− |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 12 | D | D | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cabariot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 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 D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,190/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cabariot grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cabariot is a commune of 1,481 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
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 October 30, 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.