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People aged 65 and over make up 53% of residents. With 3,180 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A town with more to fix than most. With a D− overall, Meschers-sur-Gironde is better than 2% of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €3,504/m², so 70 m² costs 9.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 7.4 recorded violent incidents and 25.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Meschers-sur-Gironde does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Meschers-sur-Gironde 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Meschers-sur-Gironde; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meschers-sur-Gironde.
People 65 and over make up 53% of the town, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). 5.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Graduates make up a quarter of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.4% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 9.2% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 53% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 91 offenses were recorded in Meschers-sur-Gironde. The graded crime recorded most here was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 91 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,504/m², comes from 294 sales of houses and apartments in Meschers-sur-Gironde from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 294 homes were sold here. Of the homes sold, 88% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,500/m² | 259 |
| Apartments | €3,536/m² | 35 |
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.
5 GPs practise in Meschers-sur-Gironde. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Meschers-sur-Gironde records 97 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 497 residents of Meschers-sur-Gironde died, against 510 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and below Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 13.0%, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Meschers-sur-Gironde: 550, for 850 residents in work (0.7 each). No commute at all: 6.5% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Meschers-sur-Gironde. Best known first.
Meschers-sur-Gironde has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Meschers-sur-Gironde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meschers-sur-Gironde | 3,180 | — | D− | D | D | C |
| Semussac | 2,585 | 3.1 | B− | C | A | B |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne | 5,092 | 3.3 | D | D | D | B− |
| Médis | 3,157 | 5.4 | B− | B− | A | B+ |
| Royan | 19,425 | 5.7 | C− | D | D | B |
| Vaux-sur-Mer | 4,013 | 7.2 | C | D | D | A− |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 7.6 | C | B− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #31 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,504/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,500/m² (259 sales), apartments €3,536/m² (35 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meschers-sur-Gironde grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Meschers-sur-Gironde is a commune of 3,180 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan 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 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.