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Population 760: a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
There are no grades for Loulay: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 40% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Loulay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Loulay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Lozay, 1.7 mi away.
21% 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 Loulay.
Degrees are held by 15% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.4% of residents, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Loulay by age and the one in the middle is 57.1.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Loulay | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.8% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €23,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 250 residents in work, Loulay has 400 jobs: 1.6 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15.5% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
18 houses and apartments changed hands in Loulay from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Loulay. Best known first.
Nothing in Loulay 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 Loulay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loulay | 760 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 6,784 | 7 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 12 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 13 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 2,967 | 14 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Aiffres Deux-Sèvres | 5,419 | 18 | A | A− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Loulay is a commune of 760 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
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.