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La Grève-sur-MignonCharente-Maritime

The town, home to 577 people, lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Grève-sur-Mignon a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, La Grève-sur-Mignon is too small for the grades other French towns get.

La Grève-sur-Mignon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Grève-sur-Mignon’s story

No historic monuments in La Grève-sur-Mignon

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Grève-sur-Mignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Tumulus B et C de Champ-Châlon, in Benon, 2.2 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

Nothing in La Grève-sur-Mignon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Grève-sur-Mignon.

Who lives here

Children make up 21% of La Grève-sur-Mignon, above Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

41.6median age

17% of residents are 65 or over, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town. The age that splits La Grève-sur-Mignon in two is 41.6.

La Grève-sur-MignonCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Grève-sur-Mignon
La Grève-sur-MignonCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1521%12%17%
15–249.5%7.6%11%
25–4427%17%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+17%36%22%
No diploma19%19%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education27%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Grève-sur-Mignon are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.1%

4%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 4.3% of commuters got to work without a car. For its 300 residents in work, La Grève-sur-Mignon has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,890 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in La Grève-sur-Mignon, 0.2 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,890
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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

91.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 9.5 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Grève-sur-Mignon91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège19091%−1 pt
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in La Grève-sur-Mignon costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.19/m² a month

€11.19/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in La Grève-sur-Mignon: 17 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Grève-sur-Mignon€11.19/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€11.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.13 to €13.71/m² a month)
€9.61/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 La Grève-sur-Mignon

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Nearby attractions

Logis de Beaulieu and 3 more in and around La Grève-sur-Mignon

Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near La Grève-sur-Mignon. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from La Grève-sur-Mignon

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Grève-sur-Mignon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

About La Grève-sur-Mignon

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Grève-sur-Mignon is a commune of 577 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis 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

Population
577 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.6 km²)
INSEE code
17182

La Grève-sur-Mignon’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 →
Saint-Jean-de-LiversayMauzé-sur-le-MignonSurgèresFrontenay-Rohan-RohanMagnéBenetSaint-Jean-de-LiversayMauzé-sur-le-MignonSurgèresFrontenay-Rohan-RohanMagnéBenetLa Grève-sur-Mignon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Grève-sur-Mignon577—————
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay3,0635.7—C—A
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres2,9415.9A+A−AB
Surgères6,8979.7C−C+DC+
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres2,96711A−B+B+C+
Magné Deux-Sèvres2,72811ABA−B
Benet Vendée4,08912AB+A+C+

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.