Cozes’s best grade is for walkability — 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health (C−). A 70 m² home at the median €1,955/m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cozes 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 Cozes 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 Cozes.
Who lives here
An older town: 37% of people in Cozes are 65 or over, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 19% of adults, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 12% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
55.4median age
CozesCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Cozes has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cozes records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). 493 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 393: 26% above. The nearest emergency department to Cozes is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges, 8.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Cozes · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges
14.2 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
Money is tighter in Cozes than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,300 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Cozes: 850, for 800 residents in work (1.1 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.9% of commuters travelled at the census. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
850
jobs based in Cozes, 1.1 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Cozes costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,955/m², comes from 92 sales of houses and apartments in Cozes from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €9.06/m² a month.
€1,955/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cozes€1,955/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,976/m²
89
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.93 to €14.20/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cozes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.5 cases of violence against people and 8.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 24 offenses were reported in Cozes during 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
Theft without violence7
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
39.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, 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, 39.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cozes
Is Cozes safe?
Cozes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Cozes good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cozes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,955/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cozes grades B for cost of living.
About Cozes
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cozes is a commune of 2,287 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
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.
