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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 2,021 residents.
Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,412/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. It lags on walkability as well (C) — 58% 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) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Charron 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 Charron 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.
Charron 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 Charron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Esnandes, 3.6 mi away.
12% 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 Charron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Charron. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). 300 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 232: 29% above. The nearest emergency department to Charron is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 10.1 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
400 jobs are based in Charron, for 850 working residents (0.4 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.2% of working residents in Charron didn’t travel to work at all.
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 €13.19/m² a month, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €11.80/m² a month. Sales in Charron from July 2023 to June 2026: 73 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,412/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Charron | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 14 offenses were recorded in Charron. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.4 violent offenses and 7.5 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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, burglary, 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, 48.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Charron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Charron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charron | 2,021 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 5.2 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Marans | 4,476 | 5.2 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 6.7 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 7.3 | A | D | A+ | A |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 8.2 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 8.2 | C | D | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Charron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charron grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Charron is a commune of 2,021 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis 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 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.