Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 1,878 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over-65s are 33% of the population.
Saint-Aigulin’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Police record less crime here than in most towns (B+): an average of 8.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The local economy is weaker than most (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Aigulin 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 2 things Saint-Aigulin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Aigulin 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.
Saint-Aigulin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Aigulin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Coux, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aigulin.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.76/m² a month, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.92/m² a month. 79 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Aigulin from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,176/m² | 79 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are 13% of the town. A third of residents are 65 or over, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.9% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Saint-Aigulin | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 257 residents of Saint-Aigulin died, against 268 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Aigulin records 96 deaths per 100 expected. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Aigulin can choose among 3 GPs. Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
42 offenses were reported in Saint-Aigulin during 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was family violence (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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 22.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
14.4% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 18.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Bernard RoussillonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 43 | 86%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Aigulin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Aigulin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aigulin | 1,878 | — | — | A | B+ | C |
| La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 3,060 | 1.9 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
| Coutras Gironde | 8,678 | 9.5 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 3,167 | 10 | B | B | B | B− |
| Montpon-Ménestérol Dordogne | 5,866 | 13 | D | B+ | C | D |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile Gironde | 5,955 | 15 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 16 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Aigulin grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Aigulin is a commune of 1,878 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
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.