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Les ÉdutsCharente-Maritime

Population 57: a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Les Éduts a good place to live?

Les Éduts has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 17% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up just over a third of residents.

What makes Les Éduts stand out

The 2 things Les Éduts does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ancienne église Saint-Révérend
Ancienne église Saint-Révérend · Inscrit · Photo: Jon Lanthanberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Éduts’ story

Les Éduts in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Éduts; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1973First protected: Ancienne église Saint-Révérend
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Éduts.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Les Éduts than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.3% of adults

Children under 15 make up 11%, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 7% of residents.

57.8median age
Les ÉdutsCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP50%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education6%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Les Éduts
Les ÉdutsCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1511%12%17%
15–247%7.6%11%
25–4411%17%23%
45–6437%27%26%
65+35%36%22%
No diploma19%19%19%
CAP or BEP50%29%26%
Baccalauréat10%18%18%
Higher education6.3%27%30%

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

History

Les Éduts keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

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

Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Éduts; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1973
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 5.6% of commuters in Les Éduts go to work without a car, fewer than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 10.0%, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter6%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Les Éduts, 0.5 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Les Éduts than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.02/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.53/m² a month. Sales in Les Éduts from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Les Éduts€8.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€8.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.37 to €10.12/m² a month)
€7.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Les Éduts

11pages on Les Éduts

Landmarks

Les Éduts has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Ancienne église Saint-Révérend: Photo: Jon Lanthanberg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Les Éduts

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Éduts yet.

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Les Éduts’ 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'AngélyRouillacMelleCelles-sur-BelleSaint-Jean-d'AngélyRouillacMelleCelles-sur-BelleLes Éduts
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Les Éduts57—————
Saint-Jean-d'Angély6,78415C−BD−C−
Rouillac Charente2,91916BAB−B
Melle Deux-Sèvres5,75216AAC+B−
Celles-sur-Belle Deux-Sèvres3,82918AAA+C

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

About Les Éduts

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Les Éduts is a commune of 57 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
57 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
17149

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 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.