Saint-Césaire is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Église Saint-Cézaire · Classé · Photo: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Césaire’s story
Saint-Césaire in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Césaire counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Césaire hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
Children under 15 make up 15%, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.3% of residents. Ages in Saint-Césaire split evenly at 48.4: half are older, half younger.
48.4median age
Saint-CésaireCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Only 2.2% of commuters in Saint-Césaire go to work without a car, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Saint-Césaire: 250, for 400 residents in work (0.6 each). 8.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Saint-Césaire didn’t travel to work at all.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Saint-Césaire, 0.6 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Église Saint-Cézaire: Photo: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Césaire
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Césaire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Césaire
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Césaire is a commune of 888 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. 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
888 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo
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.
