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It skews young: only 11% of residents are 65 or over. With 2,150 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it does best is health (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 49% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: 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 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Ouen-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.
The 3 things Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Ouen-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-Ouen-d'Aunis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis.
Among adults, 33% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 11% of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 45 residents of Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis died, against 88 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 7.2 mi away. In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Unemployment stands at 6.1%. At the census, 2.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis holds 250 jobs; 1,100 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,610 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,059/m², lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis from July 2023 to June 2026: 75 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,059/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.1% of the total, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc ChagallNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 225 | 90%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis. Best known first.
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis 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-Ouen-d'Aunis | 2,150 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 2.4 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 3.4 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 3.6 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 4.9 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 5.1 | C | D | C− | D |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 5.6 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 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 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis is a commune of 2,150 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. 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.