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A town of 1,295 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Corme-Écluse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 40% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Corme-Écluse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Corme-Écluse 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 1 historic monument in Corme-Écluse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
21% 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 Corme-Écluse.
Corme-Écluse has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 1.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €24,210 a year per consumption unit, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 8.7%.
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.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 95 deaths in Corme-Écluse from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Corme-Écluse is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges, 7.1 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,234/m², lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 40 houses and apartments changed hands in Corme-Écluse from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,234/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Corme-Écluse is Église Notre-Dame.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children are 17% of the town. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) but below compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 22% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Corme-Écluse | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Corme-Écluse. Best known first.
Corme-Écluse has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Corme-Écluse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corme-Écluse | 1,295 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Semussac | 2,585 | 3.4 | B− | C | A | B |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 4.4 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Médis | 3,157 | 4.9 | B− | B− | A | B+ |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 3,180 | 6.4 | D− | D | D | C |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne | 5,092 | 6.5 | D | D | D | B− |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 7.7 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Corme-Écluse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Corme-Écluse grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Corme-Écluse is a commune of 1,295 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan 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.