Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,458 people call this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
La Jarrie’s strongest subject is schools (A) — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Homes are dear (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Jarrie 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.
The one thing La Jarrie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Jarrie 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.
La Jarrie has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Jarrie; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 2022.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Jarrie.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #5 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. The nearest general lycée is 6.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 259 deaths in La Jarrie from 2016 to 2025; there were 206, 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Jarrie is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.9 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of La Jarrie can choose among 3 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.81/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 123 homes were sold in La Jarrie. The estimated advertised rent is €11.95/m² a month, near both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,000/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 8.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 1,500 residents in work, La Jarrie has 550 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Before 1919: that is when nearly one in ten homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and close to compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Jarrie | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near La Jarrie. Best known first.
La Jarrie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Jarrie yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 3 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 3.7 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 4.6 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 4.7 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 4.9 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Angoulins | 4,240 | 5 | A− | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Jarrie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.8 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. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #5 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Jarrie grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Jarrie is a commune of 3,458 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.