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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 2,483 residents.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car (A−): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 15.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. 40% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Rivedoux-Plage has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Rivedoux-Plage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rivedoux-Plage 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.
Rivedoux-Plage has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rivedoux-Plage, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2011.
4.7% 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 Rivedoux-Plage. Best known first.
FortFort de La Prée2.6 km north, in La FlotteMuseumMuseumMusée de la sardinein townFortFortAncienne Batterie de Sablanceauxin townMuseumMuseumMusée du Platin4.9 km northwest, in La FlotteArt galleryArt galleryFils et encre5 km northwest, in La FlottePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rivedoux-Plage.
Under 15: 11% of residents. 37% of residents are 65 or over, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.6% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Rivedoux-Plage | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
244 deaths in Rivedoux-Plage between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 339: 28% below. 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. One GP practises here. The nearest emergency department to Rivedoux-Plage is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.3 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.95/m² a month, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 122 houses and apartments changed hands in Rivedoux-Plage from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €7,057/m² | 118 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rivedoux-Plage has 600 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.7 per worker. 6.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.7% of the total, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graded property crimes ran at 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.4 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 24 offenses in Rivedoux-Plage. Among the graded crimes here, 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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 28.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rivedoux-Plage has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Phare de Chauveau: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rivedoux-Plage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivedoux-Plage | 2,483 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré | 3,412 | 2.2 | A | C− | A | A |
| La Flotte | 3,150 | 3.1 | A | C− | A− | A |
| L'Houmeau | 3,000 | 4.8 | — | D | — | B+ |
| La Rochelle | 79,851 | 5.6 | C− | D | D | B |
| Lagord | 7,802 | 6 | B+ | D | B− | B |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 6.1 | A | D | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rivedoux-Plage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rivedoux-Plage grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivedoux-Plage is a commune of 2,483 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île de Ré. 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.