Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 445 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Courant is too small for the grades other French towns get. A tenth of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Courant does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Courant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Lozay, 1.9 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courant.
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. 23% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and near compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Courant | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Courant has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 10.2% of the labour force are out of work.
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 14 homes in Courant.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Courant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Courant.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courant | 445 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 6,784 | 7.2 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 9.2 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 12 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 2,967 | 15 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 16 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 17 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Courant is a commune of 445 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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 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.