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1,422 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results at the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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). Saint-Christophe 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Christophe 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-Christophe 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-Christophe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Sainte-Soulle, 4 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Christophe.
The census found 4.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Per resident in work, Saint-Christophe counts 0.3 jobs (250 jobs, 700 workers). The median disposable income was €26,260 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André DulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 88%−1 pt |
| Collège Françoise DoltoBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 134 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Christophe | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Christophe recorded 52 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.20/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.19/m² a month, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,562/m² | 52 |
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.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 88 deaths in Saint-Christophe from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 7% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Christophe is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 9.2 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Saint-Christophe 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 Saint-Christophe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christophe | 1,422 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 2.1 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 2.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 4.8 | — | C− | — | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 5.7 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 6.2 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 6.9 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Christophe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Christophe grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Christophe is a commune of 1,422 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.