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Over-65s are 32% of the population. 7,802 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A solid town with one catch. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. It is easy to get around without a car: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #12 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Set against the rest, it does better than 68% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B for schools and B for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Lagord does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lagord 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lagord as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte Dauphine, in La Rochelle, 1.1 mi away.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lagord. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Orbigny Bernon2.4 km south, in La Rochelle
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle2.3 km south, in La Rochelle
AquariumAquarium de La Rochelle3.3 km south, in La Rochelle
MuseumMuséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle2 km south, in La Rochelle
AttractionTour de la Chaîne3 km south, in La RochellePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagord.
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 7.8% of working residents in Lagord to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
330 sales of houses and apartments in Lagord, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,690/m². Apartments in Lagord sell for €2,897/m², houses for €3,965/m². Houses were 78% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,965/m² | 258 |
| Apartments | €2,897/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Nearly a third of residents have reached 65. One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
| Lagord | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Lagord can choose among 9 GPs. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 1,186 residents of Lagord died, against 1,216 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 473 candidates at 5 lycées. Schools rank #23 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. A collège lies 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean GuitonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 233 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonce VieljeuxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 367 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 79%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 158 offenses were recorded in Lagord. With 4,150 jobs for 3,100 working residents, Lagord draws people in from neighbouring communes. Graded property crimes ran at 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.9 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lagord (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Nothing in Lagord is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lagord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagord | 7,802 | — | B+ | D | B− | B |
| La Rochelle | 79,851 | 1.5 | C− | D | D | B |
| L'Houmeau | 3,000 | 1.6 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 1.8 | A | D | A+ | A |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 1.9 | C | D | C− | D |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 3.1 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 3.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #20 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 74 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #23 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 97% of 367 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonce Vieljeux in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,690/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lagord grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lagord is a commune of 7,802 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 October 30, 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.