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Home to 840 people, this town lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Le Chay is too small for the grades other French towns get. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Le Chay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Chay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Corme-Écluse, 2.4 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Chay.
Children under 15 make up 13%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of the population. The median resident of Le Chay is 52.6 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Le Chay | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
100 jobs are based in Le Chay, for 350 working residents (0.2 per worker). 3.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The jobless rate is 10.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.3 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André AlbertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 83%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
38 sales of houses and apartments in Le Chay, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,509/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,509/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and heritage in and near Le Chay. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Chay 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 Le Chay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chay | 840 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 2.4 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Médis | 3,157 | 3 | B− | B− | A | B+ |
| Semussac | 2,585 | 3.1 | B− | C | A | B |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne | 5,092 | 5.2 | D | D | D | B− |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 5.6 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 3,180 | 6.1 | D− | D | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Chay is a commune of 840 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
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.