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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,220 residents.
At the median price of €2,235/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. It also trails on walkability: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Nieulle-sur-Seudre 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 Nieulle-sur-Seudre 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.
Nieulle-sur-Seudre 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 Nieulle-sur-Seudre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Saturnin, in Saint-Sornin, 1.6 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Nieulle-sur-Seudre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nieulle-sur-Seudre.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,660 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Nieulle-sur-Seudre didn’t travel to work at all. 11.3% of the labour force are out of work.
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.
Behind the median of €2,235/m²: 46 houses and apartments sold in Nieulle-sur-Seudre between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.37/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,235/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. 17% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Nieulle-sur-Seudre | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
The nearest emergency department to Nieulle-sur-Seudre is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 95 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 83, 12% fewer. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Museums and heritage in and near Nieulle-sur-Seudre. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Nieulle-sur-Seudre.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nieulle-sur-Seudre is a commune of 1,220 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nieulle-sur-Seudre | 1,220 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Breuillet | 3,058 | 5 | B− | D | A− | B+ |
| Étaules | 2,857 | 5 | B− | C+ | A | B− |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 5.6 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Arvert | 3,917 | 6.2 | B | C | A | C+ |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 6.3 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage | 6,163 | 7.4 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nieulle-sur-Seudre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,235/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Nieulle-sur-Seudre grades C+ for cost of living.
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.