Marans is easy to get around without a car: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,933/m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #14 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Set against the rest, it does better than 59% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for schools, B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
What makes Marans stand out
The 2 things Marans does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marans 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marans.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Marans than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
52.1median age
MaransCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Marans than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,220 a year per consumption unit
Marans holds 1,850 jobs; 1,700 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents here at the census. Also worth knowing: 9.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot8%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,850
jobs based in Marans, 1.1 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Marans keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2002. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Marans is église Saint-Étienne (ancienne).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Marans has less crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Violence against people averaged 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.6. Recorded offenses in Marans came to 102 in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Marans (2025).
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Family violence15
Sexual violence15
Burglary14
Other physical violence13
Vehicle theft12
Fraud40
Theft without violence21
Drug use8
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.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
102
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 3.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B−
Marans’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
228 sales of houses and apartments in Marans, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,933/m². Houses sell for €1,819/m² here, apartments for €2,100/m². Of the homes sold, 82% were houses.
€1,933/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Marans€1,933/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,819/m²
186
Apartments
€2,100/m²
42
€12.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.80 to €15.03/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Marans has a higher adjusted death rate than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (165 places) counts its residents as Marans’; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 788 residents of Marans died, against 712 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Marans is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 12.7 mi away. There are 8 general practitioners locally.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Marans · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
12.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marans
Is Marans safe?
It grades B− for safety, #18 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Marans good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #24 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marans expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,933/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marans grades B− for cost of living.
About Marans
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Marans is a commune of 4,476 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
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.
