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1,583 residents make their home in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Ciré-d'Aunis’s weakest subject is jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ciré-d'Aunis 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 one thing Ciré-d'Aunis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ciré-d'Aunis 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.
Ciré-d'Aunis 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 Ciré-d'Aunis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre Fouquerée, in Ardillières, 2.2 mi away.
15% 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 Ciré-d'Aunis.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) but below compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Ciré-d'Aunis in two is 41.2.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Ciré-d'Aunis | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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 €11.19/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.42/m² a month. The market in Ciré-d'Aunis: 65 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,343/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.8% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €25,640 a year per consumption unit, in line with Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
There are 4 general practitioners in Ciré-d'Aunis. The nearest emergency department to Ciré-d'Aunis is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 6.2 mi away. 86 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 13% below. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Violence against people averaged 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.6. All told, Ciré-d'Aunis had 20 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was family violence (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, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 48.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ciré-d'Aunis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ciré-d'Aunis 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciré-d'Aunis | 1,583 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 4.1 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 6.1 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Châtelaillon-Plage | 6,653 | 7.4 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 7.5 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 8 | D | C | D | C− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 8.2 | — | C− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ciré-d'Aunis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ciré-d'Aunis grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ciré-d'Aunis is a commune of 1,583 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis Sud. 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.