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Home to 740 people, this town lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Les Essards isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Essards as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Porchaire, in Saint-Porchaire, 2.1 mi away.
29% 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 Les Essards.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% of the town, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). 21% of residents have reached 65. Line up the people of Les Essards by age and the one in the middle is 42.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Les Essards | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,460 a year per consumption unit, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). 100 jobs are based in Les Essards, for 300 working residents (0.3 per worker). 9.3% of people in the labour force have no job.
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 5.7 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège FontbruantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 81%−8 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.
Les Essards recorded 22 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Les Essards. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Essards 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 Les Essards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Essards | 740 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux | 2,843 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 7.1 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 11 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 11 | — | B− | — | C |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 12 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 12 | B | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Essards is a commune of 740 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge. 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) · 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 4, 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.