Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,877 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Périgny grades B+ overall: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #11 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 2.2 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment.
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 Périgny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Périgny 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Périgny; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Périgny. Best known first.
AquariumAquarium de La Rochelle4.2 km west, in La Rochelle
MuseumMusée d'Orbigny Bernon4.5 km west, in La Rochelle
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle4.3 km west, in La Rochelle
AttractionTour Saint-Nicolas4.4 km west, in La Rochelle
AttractionTour de la Chaîne4.5 km west, in La RochellePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Périgny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,884/m², above Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses sell for €3,750/m² in Périgny, apartments for €3,952/m². Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 312 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,750/m² | 209 |
| Apartments | €3,952/m² | 103 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 8.5% are unemployed. 21.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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, 758 residents of Périgny died, against 857 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. There are 7 general practitioners 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Children are 13% of the town. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and close to compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Périgny | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #21 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. The closest collège is 1.1 mi off. The bac pass rate near Périgny is 94.2%, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fabre d'ÉglantineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée René-Josué ValinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 417 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège de l'AtlantiqueBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.6% of the total. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs outnumber working residents in Périgny (8,850 to 4,000): it draws people in from around. 213 offenses were reported in Périgny during 2025. Violence against people averaged 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 18.6. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent 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 · For armed robbery, 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, 1.0% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Périgny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Cybard: Photo: Patrick Despoix · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Périgny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Périgny | 8,877 | — | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Aytré | 9,746 | 1.9 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 2 | C | D | C− | D |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 2.3 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 2.5 | — | C− | — | B− |
| La Rochelle | 79,851 | 3 | C− | D | D | B |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 3.2 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #21 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 92 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #21 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 98% of 417 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René-Josué Valin in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Périgny grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Périgny is a commune of 8,877 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. 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.