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Réaux sur TrèfleCharente-Maritime

It is a town of 765 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Réaux sur Trèfle a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Réaux sur Trèfle is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Réaux sur Trèfle’s story

Réaux sur Trèfle in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Réaux sur Trèfle counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1935.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Henri Aucapitaine, born in 1832, is the one person born in Réaux sur Trèfle before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1935First protected: Église Saint-Vincent
  • 1945Most recently protected: Église Saint-Martin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Réaux sur Trèfle.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Réaux sur Trèfle hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 21%

People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). 16% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.

48.9median age
Réaux sur TrèfleCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Réaux sur Trèfle
Réaux sur TrèfleCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1516%12%17%
15–248.2%7.6%11%
25–4420%17%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+25%36%22%
No diploma22%19%19%
CAP or BEP32%29%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education21%27%30%

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

History

Réaux sur Trèfle keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Réaux sur Trèfle is Église Saint-Martin. On the Culture ministry’s list, Réaux sur Trèfle counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1935
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Réaux sur Trèfle are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.6%

5.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Réaux sur Trèfle has 200 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,310 a year per consumption unit, close to both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Réaux sur Trèfle, 0.6 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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 Réaux sur Trèfle than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.71/m² a month

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

The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. Sales in Réaux sur Trèfle from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.

€9.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Réaux sur Trèfle€9.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€9.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Réaux sur Trèfle

11pages on Réaux sur Trèfle

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Réaux sur Trèfle counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Réaux sur Trèfle

2 notable people were born in Réaux sur Trèfle.

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Réaux sur Trèfle’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 →
JonzacPonsBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireMontendreChâteaubernardCognacJonzacPonsBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireMontendreChâteaubernardCognacRéaux sur Trèfle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Réaux sur Trèfle765—————
Jonzac3,6023.6DC+D−D
Pons4,34311C−BC−C+
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente4,72611B−B+C−C+
Montendre3,22213C+BC−C+
Châteaubernard Charente3,87815A+B+B+A
Cognac Charente18,53215BB+DC+

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

About Réaux sur Trèfle

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Réaux sur Trèfle is a commune of 765 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute 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

Population
765 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8 sq mi (20.7 km²)
INSEE code
17295

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 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.