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1,740 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (C) — 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,093/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Les Gonds has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Les Gonds does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Gonds 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.
Les Gonds has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Les Gonds; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Les Gonds. Best known first.
Archaeological siteAmphithéâtre de Saintes4.4 km northwest, in Saintes
Monastery or conventAbbaye aux Dames de Saintes3.7 km north, in Saintes
MuseumMusée de l'Échevinage de Saintes4.1 km north, in SaintesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Théracin townAttractionAttractionArc de Germanicus4 km north, in SaintesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Gonds.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 186 residents of Les Gonds died, against 273 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. Also worth knowing: 4 GPs practise in the town.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. 14% are under 15, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Les Gonds: 53.2, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Les Gonds | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €27,270 a year per consumption unit, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Public transport took 2.0% of Les Gonds’ working residents to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 9.9% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Les Gonds; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
47 sales of houses and apartments in Les Gonds, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,093/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.78/m² a month, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,062/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Edgar QuinetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 159 | 80%−6 pts |
| Lycée Bernard PalissyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 242 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Bernard PalissyBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 66 | 91%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
0 offenses in the graded categories were recorded in Les Gonds in 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Les Gonds; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Château de Thérac: Photo: De Jaucourt · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Métairie des Pères: Photo: De Jaucourt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Gonds as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Gonds | 1,740 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 2.4 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 3.1 | — | B− | — | C |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux | 2,843 | 6.1 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Pons | 4,343 | 9.8 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Gémozac | 3,052 | 10 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Val-de-Cognac Charente | 3,471 | 12 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Gonds has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns. 97% of 242 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Bernard Palissy in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,093/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Gonds grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Gonds is a commune of 1,740 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. 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 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.
