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Population 6,653: a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A solid town with one catch. It is easy to get around without a car: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 17.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at B, #16 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Nationally, it does better than 57% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Châtelaillon-Plage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châtelaillon-Plage 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 Châtelaillon-Plage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Angoulins, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Graduates make up 37% of adults. 9.8% are under 15, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.5% of residents.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Châtelaillon-Plage | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.8% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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 estimated advertised rent is €15.17/m² a month, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Châtelaillon-Plage, houses go for €4,743/m² and apartments for €5,371/m². The sales split: 71% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,743/m² | 314 |
| Apartments | €5,371/m² | 130 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Châtelaillon-Plage: 1,850, for 2,200 residents in work (0.9 each). At the census, 15.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: the unemployment rate comes to 10.4%.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Châtelaillon-Plage is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.5 mi away. 984 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,076: 9% below. Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 12 general practitioners locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #14 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 93%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Châtelaillon-Plage was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 127 recorded offenses.
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 · Small counts of theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and family days out in and near Châtelaillon-Plage. Best known first.
Nothing in Châtelaillon-Plage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Châtelaillon-Plage as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C+ for safety, #24 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #14 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châtelaillon-Plage grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Châtelaillon-Plage is a commune of 6,653 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. 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.