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A town of 1,302 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cercoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cercoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cercoux 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 no building in Cercoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Coux, 4.6 mi away.
32% 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 Cercoux.
Unemployment stands at 12.8%. At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.60/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.39/m² a month. Cercoux recorded 40 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,517/m² | 40 |
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.
Adjusted mortality in Cercoux: 92 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 131 residents of Cercoux died, against 143 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cercoux is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 14.6 mi away. In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Over-65s are a quarter of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of residents, close to Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Cercoux by age and the one in the middle is 44.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Cercoux | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cercoux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cercoux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercoux | 1,302 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 7.2 | — | B | — | B− |
| Coutras Gironde | 8,678 | 7.3 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile Gironde | 5,955 | 9.9 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 9.9 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Galgon Gironde | 3,144 | 10 | — | B− | — | B |
| La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 3,060 | 10 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cercoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cercoux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cercoux is a commune of 1,302 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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.