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A town of 1,378 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Muron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Muron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Muron 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 Muron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre Levée, in Ardillières, 2.4 mi away.
22% 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 Muron.
The median disposable income was €23,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.2% of Muron’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment runs at 10.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.71/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.44/m² a month. Sales in Muron from July 2023 to June 2026: 51 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,682/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents. Graduates make up 17% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Muron | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 103 residents of Muron died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Muron is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 7.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Muron have one GP on hand.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Nothing in Muron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Muron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muron | 1,378 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 5.9 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 7 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 7.3 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 8.4 | D | C | D | C− |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 10 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 10 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Muron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Muron grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Muron is a commune of 1,378 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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 October 30, 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.