Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 823 residents and lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Plassay out for now. Homes change hands at a median €1,968/m².
The one thing Plassay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Plassay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Porchaire, in Saint-Porchaire, 2.7 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Plassay. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plassay.
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.2%, close to Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Plassay has a median age of 42.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Plassay | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
100 jobs are based in Plassay, for 400 working residents (0.3 per worker). 3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €25,100 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège FontbruantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 81%−8 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 market in Plassay: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.17/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,968/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Plassay 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 Plassay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plassay | 823 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux | 2,843 | 3.6 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saintes | 25,363 | 7 | C | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 10 | — | B− | — | C |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 11 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 12 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 12 | B | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Plassay is a commune of 823 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de 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 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.