A town with more to fix than most. Its lowest grade is for safety — an average of 17 recorded violent incidents and 30 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,453/m² takes 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a C− overall, better than 17% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #35 of 44 in Charente-Maritime.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-d'Angély 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Jean-d'Angély runs higher than in 98% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Jean-d'Angély show 291 offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Saint-Jean-d'Angély ranks 42nd of the 44 compared towns in Charente-Maritime. With 5,350 jobs for 2,250 working residents, Saint-Jean-d'Angély draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
17recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Family violence49
Other physical violence42
Sexual violence32
Theft from vehicles32
Burglary29
Vehicle theft19
Drug use91
Theft without violence61
Fraud55
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.
17
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
291
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
History
Old homes shape Saint-Jean-d'Angély: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1996. Relative to its size, Saint-Jean-d'Angély keeps 15 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Tour de l'Horloge.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of residents are 65 or over
11% are under 15, close to Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and below compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Saint-Jean-d'Angély by age and the one in the middle is 56. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
56median age
Saint-Jean-d'AngélyCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Saint-Jean-d'Angély has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 17.2%
The median disposable income was €22,200 a year per consumption unit, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Saint-Jean-d'Angély didn’t travel to work at all. Just over a fifth of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 72% drove.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot16%
Bicycle4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,350
jobs based in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 2.4 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: Saint-Jean-d'Angély is above 81% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Jean-d'Angély come to 101 per 100 predicted. 1,537 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,241: 24% above. 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. There are 7 general practitioners locally.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Saint-Jean-d'Angély · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely
15.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Homes in Saint-Jean-d'Angély cost less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,453/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Jean-d'Angély goes for €1,418/m², an apartment for €1,669/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.06/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.33/m² a month.
€1,453/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-d'Angély€1,453/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,418/m²
316
Apartments
€1,669/m²
42
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.82 to €13.85/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #34 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Near Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 93.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Tour de l'Horloge: Photo: PMRMaeyaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fontaine du Pilori: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien hôtel de l'Echevinage: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de Hausen: Photo: C.nico.c · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Jean-d'Angély
28 notable people were born in Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Henri II de Bourbon-Condé: Unidentified painter, Public domain · Franck Villard: Studio Harcourt., Public domain · André Lemoyne: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain · Louis Audouin-Dubreuil: Alexandre Jacovleff, Public domain · Nicolas Courbière: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0
Saint-Jean-d'Angély’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Is Saint-Jean-d'Angély safe?
It grades D− for safety, #42 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Jean-d'Angély good?
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns and #34 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 95% of 172 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Audouin Dubreuil in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-d'Angély expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-d'Angély grades B for cost of living.
About Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Jean-d'Angély is a commune of 6,784 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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
6,784 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
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.
