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477 people call this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
There are no grades for Dompierre-sur-Charente: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. One in ten homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.
The 2 things Dompierre-sur-Charente does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Dompierre-sur-Charente as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sylvain, in Saint-Sauvant, 2.5 mi away.
37% 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 Dompierre-sur-Charente.
Over-65s are 28% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Dompierre-sur-Charente are older than 47.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €23,900 a year per consumption unit. Dompierre-sur-Charente holds 100 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 6.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
House rents are put at about €8.31/m² a month. 13 houses and apartments changed hands in Dompierre-sur-Charente from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Dompierre-sur-Charente. Best known first.
Nothing in Dompierre-sur-Charente 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 Dompierre-sur-Charente 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 477 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 3.7 | — | B− | — | C |
| Val-de-Cognac Charente | 3,471 | 7.1 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 7.2 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Cognac Charente | 18,532 | 8.1 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Châteaubernard Charente | 3,878 | 9 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Pons | 4,343 | 9 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Dompierre-sur-Charente is a commune of 477 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
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.