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La Jarrie-AudouinCharente-Maritime

The town has 270 residents and lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Jarrie-Audouin a good place to live?

La Jarrie-Audouin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 15% of its homes are second homes. 40% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes La Jarrie-Audouin stand out

The 2 things La Jarrie-Audouin does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Sainte-Madeleine
Église Sainte-Madeleine · Inscrit · Photo: Plume2fantome · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Jarrie-Audouin’s story

La Jarrie-Audouin in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Jarrie-Audouin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1949.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1949First protected: Église Sainte-Madeleine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Jarrie-Audouin.

Who lives here

Fewer people in La Jarrie-Audouin hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 12%

The 15-to-24 age group: 6.6%, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 9.8% of the population. The age that splits La Jarrie-Audouin in two is 59.8.

59.8median age
La Jarrie-AudouinCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma31%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education12%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Jarrie-Audouin
La Jarrie-AudouinCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 159.8%12%17%
15–246.6%7.6%11%
25–4413%17%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+40%36%22%
No diploma31%19%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education12%27%30%

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

History

Old homes shape La Jarrie-Audouin: 44% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

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

Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Jarrie-Audouin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

La Jarrie-Audouin has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 17.1%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,260 a year per consumption unit. 6.4% of La Jarrie-Audouin’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in La Jarrie-Audouin, 0.2 per working resident
17.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Jarrie-Audouin is €11.47/m² a month

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

8 houses and apartments changed hands in La Jarrie-Audouin from July 2023 to June 2026.

€11.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Jarrie-Audouin€11.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€11.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.15 to €14.38/m² a month)
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Jardin de sculpture romane de Lozay and 5 more in and around La Jarrie-Audouin

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Jarrie-Audouin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Jarrie-Audouin

12pages on La Jarrie-Audouin

Landmarks

La Jarrie-Audouin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Sainte-Madeleine: Photo: Plume2fantome · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from La Jarrie-Audouin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Jarrie-Audouin yet.

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La Jarrie-Audouin’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-d'AngélySurgèresMauzé-sur-le-MignonFrontenay-Rohan-RohanSaint-Jean-d'AngélySurgèresMauzé-sur-le-MignonFrontenay-Rohan-RohanLa Jarrie-Audouin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Jarrie-Audouin270—————
Saint-Jean-d'Angély6,7846.1C−BD−C−
Surgères6,89714C−C+DC+
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres2,94114A+A−AB
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres2,96716A−B+B+C+

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

About La Jarrie-Audouin

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Jarrie-Audouin is a commune of 270 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

Population
270 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.5 km²)
INSEE code
17195

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 9, 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.