Getting around depends on the car (D−). Residents’ health trails most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,877/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Meursac 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.
Each subject compares Meursac 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 Meursac.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
On foot, Meursac works less well than 97% of compared French towns
At the census, 3.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 7.1%. Households’ median disposable income: €24,960 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Meursac, 0.3 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Meursac is above 69% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 138 residents of Meursac died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Meursac come to 95 per 100 predicted. The nearest emergency department to Meursac is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges, 9.8 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.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Meursac · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Meursac hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 22%
The share of residents under 15 is 15%. 27% of residents are 65 or over, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.4% of residents.
50.5median age
MeursacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Meursac: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Meursac counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Martin. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Meursac is graded a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
80 sales of houses and apartments in Meursac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,877/m². Of the homes sold, 88% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.48/m² a month.
€1,877/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Meursac€1,877/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,877/m²
70
€11.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €14.85/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Meursac
Is Meursac safe?
Meursac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Meursac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,877/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.78/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Meursac grades C+ for cost of living.
About Meursac
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Meursac is a commune of 1,563 people in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. 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
Population
1,563 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
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.
