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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,664 residents. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Chaillevette’s weakest is walkability (D) — nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,324/m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chaillevette 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 3 things Chaillevette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaillevette 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.
Chaillevette 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 Chaillevette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Mornac-sur-Seudre, 2.3 mi away.
13% 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 Chaillevette.
2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 7.1%. Households’ median disposable income: €24,340 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 15%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chaillevette | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 166 deaths in Chaillevette from 2016 to 2025; there were 156, 6% fewer. In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Chaillevette is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 5.6 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.25/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 €10.37/m² a month. 79 houses and apartments changed hands in Chaillevette from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,324/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums in and near Chaillevette. Best known first.
Nothing in Chaillevette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chaillevette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaillevette | 1,664 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Étaules | 2,857 | 1.5 | B− | C+ | A | B− |
| Breuillet | 3,058 | 2.6 | B− | D | A− | B+ |
| Arvert | 3,917 | 3.2 | B | C | A | C+ |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 4.9 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| La Tremblade | 4,650 | 5.1 | C | C− | D | C |
| Saint-Palais-sur-Mer | 3,840 | 5.4 | C | D | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaillevette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 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, so Chaillevette grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chaillevette is a commune of 1,664 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.