Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 6,315.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Dompierre-sur-Mer ranks #6 of 44 in Charente-Maritime, with a B+ overall. It comes out better than 74% of compared French towns. Health is its strong suit (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What holds it back is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Dompierre-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dompierre-sur-Mer 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Dompierre-sur-Mer as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Sainte-Soulle, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dompierre-sur-Mer.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,500/m²: 209 houses and apartments sold in Dompierre-sur-Mer between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 91% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,546/m² | 191 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 669 deaths in Dompierre-sur-Mer from 2016 to 2025; there were 587, 12% fewer. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The graded crime recorded most in Dompierre-sur-Mer was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 100 offenses were recorded in the town. Police and gendarmerie recorded 100 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (5.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Unemployment stood at 7.3%, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Dompierre-sur-Mer: 1,550, for 2,750 residents in work (0.6 each). Bus, tram or train carried 4.4% of working residents in Dompierre-sur-Mer to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 25% of the population. Children are 17% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #31 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc ChagallNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 225 | 90%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Dompierre-sur-Mer. Best known first.
Nothing in Dompierre-sur-Mer is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Dompierre-sur-Mer.
Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy: Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy, Public domain · Hector Talvart: Cl. Thermoz, Almanach de l'Action française , 1928., Public domain
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-Mer | 6,315 | — | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 2.1 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 2.2 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 2.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 2.4 | C | D | C− | D |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 4 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Aytré | 9,746 | 4.2 | C | D | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #31 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dompierre-sur-Mer grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Dompierre-sur-Mer is a commune of 6,315 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. 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 November 4, 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.