Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Corme-Royal 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.
Each subject compares Corme-Royal 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corme-Royal.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Corme-Royal than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 3.8%
Unemployment stands at 7.8%. Corme-Royal holds 500 jobs; 800 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. 4.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Corme-Royal, 0.6 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Corme-Royal than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults
The share of residents under 15 is 17%. 7.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older.
48.9median age
Corme-RoyalCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Buying in Corme-Royal costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €2,115/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.10/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.20/m² a month. Sales in Corme-Royal from July 2023 to June 2026: 80 houses and apartments.
€2,115/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Corme-Royal€2,115/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,123/m²
79
€10.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €12.60/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Corme-Royal is below 57% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 264 residents of Corme-Royal died, against 239 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Corme-Royal’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Corme-Royal is Ch de Saintonge Saintes, 7.2 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Corme-Royal · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Corme-Royal
Is Corme-Royal safe?
Corme-Royal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Corme-Royal expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Corme-Royal grades B for cost of living.
About Corme-Royal
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Corme-Royal is a commune of 1,997 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
Population
1,997 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo
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.
