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It is a town of 1,282 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,244/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge 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 Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge 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-Genis-de-Saintonge 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 Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge before 1900, the earliest Fernand Gautret, in 1862.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 376 residents of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge died, against 214 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 76% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge is Centre hospitalier Jonzac, 7.2 mi away. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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.
35% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 11%, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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-Genis-de-Saintonge | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge. That is the middle of 40 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,369/m² for the median of compared towns in Charente-Maritime.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,244/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 14.3%. 7.3% of Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice ChastangNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 60 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge. Best known first.
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Plassac: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge.
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-Genis-de-Saintonge | 1,282 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Pons | 4,343 | 6.9 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Jonzac | 3,602 | 6.9 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Gémozac | 3,052 | 8 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 3,175 | 13 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Montendre | 3,222 | 16 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Chaniers | 3,651 | 18 | — | B− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 31% 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-Genis-de-Saintonge grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge is a commune of 1,282 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 9, 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.