La Jarne’s strongest subject is schools: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Jarne has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Jarne 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Jarne.
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #8 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.8 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in La Jarne costs more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,330/m², near Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in La Jarne from July 2023 to June 2026: 101 houses and apartments.
€3,330/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Jarne€3,330/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,330/m²
101
€13.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.77 to €17.01/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in La Jarne run higher than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,390 a year per consumption unit
6.9% 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%). Unemployment runs at 11.2%.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in La Jarne, 0.4 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
49.3median age
La JarneCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in La Jarne is Église Notre-Dame. This Charente-Maritime town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, La Jarne sees more deaths than 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (92 places) counts its residents as La Jarne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 377 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 306: 23% above. In Charente-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 3 GPs practise locally.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in La Jarne · 6.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
4.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Jarne
Is La Jarne safe?
La Jarne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Jarne good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #8 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Jarne expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Jarne grades C− for cost of living.
About La Jarne
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Jarne is a commune of 2,637 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
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.
