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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 306 people.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Colombiers out for now.
Colombiers has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Colombiers.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Colombiers is Église Saint-Maclou. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 22% of the population. Colombiers has a median age of 45.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Colombiers | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 8.7%. Jobs located in Colombiers: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). No commute at all: 4.5% of working residents in the town at the census.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in Colombiers.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Colombiers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Maclou: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Colombiers yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombiers | 306 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pons | 4,343 | 4.4 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 6.4 | — | B− | — | C |
| Gémozac | 3,052 | 8 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 8.1 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Cognac Charente | 18,532 | 11 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Val-de-Cognac Charente | 3,471 | 12 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Colombiers is a commune of 306 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. 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) · 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.