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Home to 3,222 people, this town lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 37% of the population.
Strong in places, weak in others. Montendre’s overall grade is C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. That places it #23 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Crime is the sore point: an average of 13.2 recorded violent incidents and 18.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools do well (A): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,640/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Montendre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montendre 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montendre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Salignac-de-Mirambeau, 5.6 mi away.
14% 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 Montendre.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #4 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Samuel DuménieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 93%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
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.
| Montendre | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Montendre lists 106 offenses in 2025. With 1,300 jobs for 950 working residents, Montendre draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 553 deaths in Montendre between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 519: 7% above. Its three care homes for older people (95 places) count their residents as Montendre’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Montendre is Centre hospitalier Jonzac, 10.7 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.51/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Montendre from July 2023 to June 2026: 122 houses and apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.48/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,640/m² | 110 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,650 a year. Bus, tram or train carried 2.3% of working residents in Montendre to work at the census. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Montendre didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, family days out and heritage in and near Montendre. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Montendrein town
MuseumMusée d'art et de traditions populaires de Montendrein townWater parkWater parkMTD WakeParkin townWater parkWater parkBassin Ludiquein townArt galleryArt galleryMarie's Pastel's Paintingsin townMuseumMuseumMicro-Foliein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Montendre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Montendre.
Simone Rollin: Kaomik, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franc Malzac: Jacques Agié, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montendre | 3,222 | — | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 9.9 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Saint-Savin Gironde | 3,582 | 10 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 3,175 | 10 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Jonzac | 3,602 | 11 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 12 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cézac Gironde | 2,727 | 14 | — | C | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #29 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #4 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montendre grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montendre is a commune of 3,222 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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 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.