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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 2,396 people.
Schools are its strong suit (B+): brevet results at the expected rate. Where it falls short is walkability — 14% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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. Saint-Médard-d'Aunis 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-Médard-d'Aunis 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-Médard-d'Aunis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Médard-d'Aunis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis 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, 2.7 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis.
Unemployment runs at 6.5%. At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 500 jobs are based in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis, for 1,200 working residents (0.4 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €27,650 a year per consumption unit.
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 2.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.26/m² a month. 84 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,708/m² | 83 |
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.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 290 residents of Saint-Médard-d'Aunis died, against 215 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Médard-d'Aunis is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 8.4 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
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.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%. 19% are under 15, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 38% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Médard-d'Aunis | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Médard-d'Aunis yet.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Médard-d'Aunis is a commune of 2,396 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
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-Médard-d'Aunis | 2,396 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 2.7 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 3.4 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 3.5 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 5.1 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 5.3 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 6 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Médard-d'Aunis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 4 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Médard-d'Aunis 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.