Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
2.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, Corme-Royal sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 7.5%. At the 2023 Census, 1,997 people lived in the town, in 880 households. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone locally.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Corme-Royal
Growing fast
Corme-Royal had 1,657 residents at the 2012 census and 1,997 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corme-Royal’s population changed by +21% since 2012, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
A median age of 48.9: Corme-Royal is older than 79% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corme-Royal 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
10% of households are single parents, more than in 56% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 4.3% of homes are second homes. At 5.9%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,630 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €25,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 61% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Corme-Royal, 2.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Here 50% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
For Corme-Royal, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,997 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Corme-Royal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corme-Royal | 48.9 | 27% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 5.2 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 7.6 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Médis 3,157 · 10.2 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan 3,446 · 11.1 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 11.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Corme-Royal
What is the population of Corme-Royal?
1,997 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (1,657).
How old are Corme-Royal’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corme-Royal?
42, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corme-Royal?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corme-Royal?
€25,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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