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6,765 people call this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its best grade is for jobs & income — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. The overall grade lands at C, better than 29% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #26 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Puilboreau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Puilboreau 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 lists no building in Puilboreau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte Royale, avant-porte Royale et remparts avoisinants, in La Rochelle, 1.9 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Puilboreau. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Orbigny Bernon3.8 km southwest, in La Rochelle
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle3.5 km southwest, in La Rochelle
AquariumAquarium de La Rochelle4.2 km southwest, in La Rochelle
MuseumMuséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle3.3 km southwest, in La Rochelle
AttractionTour Saint-Nicolas4.1 km southwest, in La RochellePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puilboreau.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,588/m²: 260 houses and apartments sold in Puilboreau between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Puilboreau sell for €3,684/m², houses for €3,561/m². Houses were nearly three quarters of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,561/m² | 193 |
| Apartments | €3,684/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Puilboreau has 16 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Puilboreau records 104 deaths per 100 expected, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,004 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,150, 14% more. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The median disposable income is €28,120 a year per consumption unit. 8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 5.6% of working residents in Puilboreau to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Puilboreau came to 207 in 2025. With 4,200 jobs for 2,800 working residents, Puilboreau draws people in from neighbouring communes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.5 cases of violence against people and 20.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 13% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Puilboreau | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
For collège, the closest is 1.2 mi away. The town’s schools place #20 of 44 in Charente-Maritime on results. At the four general lycées, 98% of 1,501 candidates passed the bac, 0.6 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BeauregardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 208 | 93%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonce VieljeuxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 367 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 79%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Puilboreau is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Puilboreau as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | — | C | D | C− | D |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 1.7 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Lagord | 7,802 | 1.9 | B+ | D | B− | B |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 2 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 2.4 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| La Rochelle | 79,851 | 2.6 | C− | D | D | B |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 3 | A | D | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #28 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 84 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #20 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 97% of 367 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonce Vieljeux in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,588/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Puilboreau grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Puilboreau is a commune of 6,765 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 November 4, 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.