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Some 2,091 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (D) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B for schools and B− for walkability. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Courçon 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.
The one thing Courçon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Courçon 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.
Courçon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Courçon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tumulus B et C de Champ-Châlon, in Benon, 0.7 mi away.
19% 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 Courçon.
17% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) but below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Courçon are older than 38.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Courçon | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Courçon goes for €1,998/m², an apartment for €1,466/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.79/m² a month, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,998/m² | 70 |
| Apartments | €1,466/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 190 | 91%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 124 residents of Courçon died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Courçon is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 15.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Courçon can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The commonest graded crime in Courçon was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 31 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.1.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 18.6% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,960 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 5.3% of Courçon’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 10.1% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Courçon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Courçon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courçon | 2,091 | — | — | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 3,063 | 3.8 | — | C | — | A |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 7.7 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Marans | 4,476 | 9.8 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 9.9 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 11 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 11 | — | C− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Courçon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Courçon is a commune of 2,091 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis 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.