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Les Touches-de-PérignyCharente-Maritime

Some 550 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Les Touches-de-Périgny a good place to live?

There are no grades for Les Touches-de-Périgny: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. People aged 65 and over make up 33% of residents.

What makes Les Touches-de-Périgny stand out

The one thing Les Touches-de-Périgny does most differently from other towns.

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Les Touches-de-Périgny’s story

No historic monuments in Les Touches-de-Périgny

The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Touches-de-Périgny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vivien, in Bagnizeau, 2.3 mi away.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Touches-de-Périgny.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Les Touches-de-Périgny hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 20%

Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are a third of the population.

51.1median age
Les Touches-de-PérignyCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Les Touches-de-Périgny
Les Touches-de-PérignyCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1514%12%17%
15–249.1%7.6%11%
25–4422%17%23%
45–6423%27%26%
65+33%36%22%
No diploma17%19%19%
CAP or BEP36%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education20%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.2% of commuters in Les Touches-de-Périgny go to work without a car, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,710 a year per consumption unit. For its 200 residents in work, Les Touches-de-Périgny has 150 jobs: 0.8 each.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
150
jobs based in Les Touches-de-Périgny, 0.8 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Les Touches-de-Périgny costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.75/m² a month

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

The market in Les Touches-de-Périgny: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Les Touches-de-Périgny€9.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€9.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.48 to €12.72/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 Touches-de-Périgny

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Landmarks

Nothing in Les Touches-de-Périgny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Les Touches-de-Périgny

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Touches-de-Périgny yet.

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Les Touches-de-Périgny’s 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 →
Val-de-CognacSaint-Jean-d'AngélyRouillacCognacChâteaubernardJarnacVal-de-CognacSaint-Jean-d'AngélyRouillacCognacChâteaubernardJarnacLes Touches-de-Périgny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Les Touches-de-Périgny550—————
Val-de-Cognac Charente3,47112AA−A+B+
Saint-Jean-d'Angély6,78412C−BD−C−
Rouillac Charente2,91913BAB−B
Cognac Charente18,53215BB+DC+
Châteaubernard Charente3,87815A+B+B+A
Jarnac Charente4,48616AB+C+B

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

About Les Touches-de-Périgny

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Les Touches-de-Périgny is a commune of 550 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
550 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.5 km²)
INSEE code
17451

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 9, 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.