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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,495 people.
School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,012/m² takes 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. Getting around depends on the car: 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Hippolyte 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-Hippolyte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Hippolyte 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-Hippolyte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Hippolyte has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hippolyte.
The unemployment rate comes to 8.5%. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Saint-Hippolyte didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €25,630 a year per consumption unit, near 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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric et Irène Joliot-CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 82%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Hippolyte: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 109, 1% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Among adults, 24% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.1% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Hippolyte | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Hippolyte is Église Saint-Hippolyte.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.86/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Hippolyte from July 2023 to June 2026: 61 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,012/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Hippolyte. Best known first.
MuseumConservatoire du Bégonia4.9 km west, in RochefortAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Trizay4.3 km south, in TrizayTheme parkTheme parkL'île de Tijo3.9 km north, in Tonnay-CharenteMuseumMuseumAbbaye de Trizay4.3 km southwest, in TrizayChâteauChâteauChâteau de l'Anglaiserie4.2 km northeast, in Tonnay-CharenteChâteauChâteauChâteau des Capucins2.7 km north, in Tonnay-CharentePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Saint-Hippolyte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Hippolyte: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Hippolyte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 1,495 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 2.3 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 3.2 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 4 | D | C | D | C− |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 4.5 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 5.6 | — | C | — | B− |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 10 | D | D | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Hippolyte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 8% 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-Hippolyte grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Hippolyte is a commune of 1,495 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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.