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A town of 1,406 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Clavette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Clavette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Clavette 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 Clavette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in La Jarne, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clavette.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.3 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 64 residents of Clavette died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Clavette is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 5.8 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
47 sales of houses and apartments in Clavette, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,357/m². Of the homes sold, 91% were houses. House rents are put at about €11.87/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,313/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,420 a year per consumption unit, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Clavette: 150, for 700 residents in work (0.2 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.7% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
41% of adults hold a degree, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 are 7.8% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Clavette | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and family days out in and near Clavette. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Buzay4.5 km west, in La JarneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cramahé4.7 km southwest, in Salles-sur-MerTheme parkTheme parkPop Corn Labyrinthe4.9 km southwest, in La JarneChâteauChâteauChâteau du Roullet4.4 km southwest, in Salles-sur-MerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Clavette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Clavette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavette | 1,406 | — | — | D | — | A |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 1.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 2.4 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 3.5 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 3.5 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 3.6 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Aytré | 9,746 | 4.5 | C | D | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Clavette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,357/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Clavette grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Clavette is a commune of 1,406 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 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.