Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,052 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health outcomes beat most towns (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,539/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D). Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Longèves 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 2 things Longèves does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Longèves 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.
Longèves has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Longèves as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Sainte-Soulle, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longèves.
At the census, 2.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Longèves holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €27,150 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.3% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Longèves | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
31 sales of houses and apartments in Longèves, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,539/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.26/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.19/m² a month, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,539/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 46 residents of Longèves died, against 56 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Longèves is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 8.9 mi away. In Charente-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
The police record for Longèves lists 5 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.9 violent offenses and 7.1 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes in the town, family violence came up most often (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 · For sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 73.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Longèves 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 Longèves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longèves | 1,052 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 2.9 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 4.8 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Marans | 4,476 | 5.5 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 5.5 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 3,063 | 5.9 | — | C | — | A |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 6.8 | C | D | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Longèves has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,539/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Longèves grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Longèves is a commune of 1,052 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis 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.