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Home to 2,299 people, this town lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. At €2,859/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée 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-Laurent-de-la-Prée 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-Laurent-de-la-Prée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Deux dolmens dits Les Pierres Closes de Charas: Photo: Patrick Despoix · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée has 2 family doctors. 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. 182 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 172: 6% above.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
100 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée from July 2023 to June 2026. That is the middle of 100 sales of houses and apartments in the town 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 | €2,859/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €28,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.6% of commuters at the census. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée is Deux dolmens dits Les Pierres Closes de Charas. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 9.5% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children are 16% of the town. 24% of residents are 65 or over, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée is a commune of 2,299 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
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-Laurent-de-la-Prée | 2,299 | — | — | C− | — | D |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 2.6 | D | D | C | C |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 4.4 | D | C | D | C− |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 4.7 | — | C | — | B− |
| Châtelaillon-Plage | 6,653 | 6.5 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 7 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 7.2 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,859/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée grades C− for cost of living.
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.