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Fontaines-d'OzillacCharente-Maritime

It is a town of 510 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Fontaines-d'Ozillac a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Fontaines-d'Ozillac is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fontaines-d'Ozillac’s story

Fontaines-d'Ozillac in pictures

Fontaines-d'Ozillac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2002.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2002First protected: Église Saint-Martin
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Landmarks

Fontaines-d'Ozillac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaines-d'Ozillac.

Who lives here

Fontaines-d'Ozillac has fewer older residents than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 20% are 65 or over

45.5median age

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Fontaines-d'Ozillac is 45.5 years old.

Fontaines-d'OzillacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fontaines-d'Ozillac
Fontaines-d'OzillacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1518%12%17%
15–2411%7.6%11%
25–4420%17%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+20%36%22%
No diploma17%19%19%
CAP or BEP36%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education17%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Fontaines-d'Ozillac keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Fontaines-d'Ozillac is Église Saint-Martin. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
2002
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Fontaines-d'Ozillac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 2.7%

3%walk, cycle or take transit

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,450 a year per consumption unit. For its 250 residents in work, Fontaines-d'Ozillac has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Fontaines-d'Ozillac, 0.2 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Fontaines-d'Ozillac costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.73/m² a month

€9.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.54/m² a month. Sales in Fontaines-d'Ozillac from July 2023 to June 2026: 14 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fontaines-d'Ozillac€9.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.31/m² a month)
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fontaines-d'Ozillac

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About Fontaines-d'Ozillac

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Fontaines-d'Ozillac is a commune of 510 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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

Population
510 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.4 sq mi (13.9 km²)
INSEE code
17163

Fontaines-d'Ozillac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente-Maritime →
JonzacMontendreSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeBarbezieux-Saint-HilairePonsSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacJonzacMontendreSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeBarbezieux-Saint-HilairePonsSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacFontaines-d'Ozillac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fontaines-d'Ozillac510—————
Jonzac3,6025.1DC+D−D
Montendre3,2226.6C+BC−C+
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde3,17513B−B+B−C−
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente4,72613B−B+C−C+
Pons4,34316C−BC−C+
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde2,58616C−C+B+D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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 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.