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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,310 people. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €955/m² costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Montlieu-la-Garde 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.
The 2 things Montlieu-la-Garde does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montlieu-la-Garde 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.
Montlieu-la-Garde has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montlieu-la-Garde as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre Folle, in Montguyon, 4.2 mi away.
23% 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 Montlieu-la-Garde.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 16.1 mi away. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La FontaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 48 | 94%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €955/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Montlieu-la-Garde from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €955/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Children under 15 make up 13%, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Montlieu-la-Garde | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Montlieu-la-Garde come to 83 per 100 predicted. The town has 2 family doctors. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 370 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 237: 56% above.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Montlieu-la-Garde didn’t travel to work at all. The jobless rate is 10.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Montlieu-la-Garde is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montlieu-la-Garde.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montlieu-la-Garde | 1,310 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Montendre | 3,222 | 7.4 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 9.7 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 9.7 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Savin Gironde | 3,582 | 11 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Cézac Gironde | 2,727 | 13 | — | C | — | D |
| La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 3,060 | 15 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montlieu-la-Garde has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 500 working residents, Montlieu-la-Garde draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €955/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montlieu-la-Garde grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montlieu-la-Garde is a commune of 1,310 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 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.