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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,004 residents.
Health is a strength (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is jobs & income (C−) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,991/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lussant 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 Lussant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lussant 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.
Lussant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Lussant has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lussant.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,860 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.8% of commuters at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 74 deaths in Lussant between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 88: 16% below. The nearest emergency department to Lussant is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 6.7 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Lussant has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%). Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Lussant | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
The median price, €1,991/m², comes from 34 sales of houses and apartments in Lussant from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,991/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lussant. Best known first.
Lussant has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Symac sur Wikipédia français · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lussant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lussant | 1,004 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 3.2 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 6.9 | D | C | D | C− |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 7.3 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 8.7 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 9.1 | — | C | — | B− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 11 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lussant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,991/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lussant grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lussant is a commune of 1,004 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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.