Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well (C−) — brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Safety is weaker too (C+): an average of 10.6 recorded violent incidents and 13 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Montguyon 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 Montguyon 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 Montguyon.
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Montguyon costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,410/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.38/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.39/m² a month. Montguyon recorded 61 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,410/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montguyon€1,410/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,410/m²
61
€9.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.58 to €11.60/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Montguyon hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 16%
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
47.9median age
MontguyonCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
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 D
More people in Montguyon are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,440 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.7% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Montguyon didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Montguyon, 1.4 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Montguyon ranks above 60% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Over 2025, Montguyon logged 28 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Montguyon (800 to 600): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
10.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence9
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.
10.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.3%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 20.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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.
History
Montguyon keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Montguyon counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen dit La Pierre Folle. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Montguyon is 18 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Montguyon. Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Montguyon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. 296 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 263: 13% above. Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Montguyon · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
20.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
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 Montguyon
Are schools in Montguyon good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montguyon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montguyon grades A− for cost of living.
About Montguyon
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montguyon is a commune of 1,705 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
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.
