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A town of 1,021 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Essouvert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Essouvert 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 Essouvert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Landes, 3.1 mi away.
26% 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 Essouvert.
For its 450 residents in work, Essouvert has 150 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,480 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); 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. After the care-home adjustment, Essouvert’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 108 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 2% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
28 houses and apartments changed hands in Essouvert from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.72/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.5% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Essouvert | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away. The bac pass rate near Essouvert is 93.8%, about level with both Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges TexierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 88%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis Audouin DubreuilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 172 | 95%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Blaise PascalBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 92%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Essouvert. Best known first.
Nothing in Essouvert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Essouvert.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essouvert | 1,021 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 6,784 | 3.1 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 13 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 16 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux | 2,843 | 17 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 17 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 18 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Essouvert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns. 95% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Audouin Dubreuil in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Essouvert is a commune of 1,021 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.