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PrignacCharente-Maritime

The town, home to 282 people, lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Prignac a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Prignac has none.

Prignac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Prignac’s story

No historic monuments in Prignac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Prignac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Aujac, 2.3 mi away.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prignac.

Who lives here

Prignac has fewer young adults than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). A quarter of residents are 65 or over. Line up the people of Prignac by age and the one in the middle is 52.5.

52.5median age
PrignacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP42%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Prignac
PrignacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1515%12%17%
15–246.4%7.6%11%
25–4421%17%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+25%36%22%
No diploma20%19%19%
CAP or BEP42%29%26%
Baccalauréat12%18%18%
Higher education19%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Prignac are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.8%

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,560 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Prignac number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Also worth knowing: 3.3% 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%).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Prignac, 0.5 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Prignac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.09/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Prignac from July 2023 to June 2026: 14 houses and apartments.

€10.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Prignac€10.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€10.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.18 to €12.44/m² a month)
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château d'Authon and 2 more in and around Prignac

Heritage and museums in and near Prignac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Prignac

12pages on Prignac

Landmarks

Nothing in Prignac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Prignac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Prignac yet.

How we find them →

Prignac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente-Maritime →
Val-de-CognacCognacChâteaubernardSaint-Jean-d'AngélyChaniersJarnacVal-de-CognacCognacChâteaubernardSaint-Jean-d'AngélyChaniersJarnacPrignac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Prignac282—————
Val-de-Cognac Charente3,4715.9AA−A+B+
Cognac Charente18,5329.6BB+DC+
Châteaubernard Charente3,87810A+B+B+A
Saint-Jean-d'Angély6,78411C−BD−C−
Chaniers3,65112—B−—C
Jarnac Charente4,48613AB+C+B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Prignac

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Prignac is a commune of 282 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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

Population
282 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.7 sq mi (6.9 km²)
INSEE code
17290

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.