La Tremblade’s grades pull in different directions. The weak point is safety — an average of 11.7 recorded violent incidents and 24.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, La Tremblade earns a C, which places it #25 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. It comes out better than 31% of compared French towns. Where it does best is schools: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. A 70 m² home at the median €3,427/m² costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares La Tremblade 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 Tremblade.
Who lives here
La Tremblade skews older, with 46% of residents 65 or over, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 are 6.3% of the population. 8.2% are under 15, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 23% of adults.
62.9median age
La TrembladeCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
La Tremblade records more crime per resident than 92% of compared French towns
La Tremblade has 2,050 jobs for 1,300 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, 158 offenses were recorded locally. The graded crime recorded most here was theft from vehicles (2025).
11.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles43
Criminal damage36
Other physical violence33
Family violence17
Burglary13
Sexual violence8
Vehicle theft8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence51
Drug use45
Fraud45
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
11.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
158
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #6 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
La Tremblade’s grade for cost of living: a C−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in La Tremblade goes for €3,436/m², an apartment for €3,163/m². The median price, €3,427/m², comes from 350 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 87% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€3,427/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Tremblade€3,427/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,436/m²
304
Apartments
€3,163/m²
46
€12.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €15.58/m² a month)
9.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in La Tremblade, 94 per 100, but more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Tremblade is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 10.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 864 residents of La Tremblade died, about as many as the 866 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 4 GPs practise here.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in La Tremblade · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Tremblade has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 14.2%
At the census, 6.4% of working residents in La Tremblade didn’t travel to work at all. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Bicycle6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport1%
2,050
jobs based in La Tremblade, 1.5 per working resident
14.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Tremblade
Is La Tremblade safe?
It grades D for safety, #37 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Tremblade good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #6 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Tremblade expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,427/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.07/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Tremblade grades C− for cost of living.
About La Tremblade
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Tremblade is a commune of 4,650 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan 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
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.
