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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,486 people.
Saint-Pierre-La-Noue’s strongest is schools — brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (C−). Homes sell for a median €1,616/m²: 70 m² comes to 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Aunis Sud.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Pierre-La-Noue 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 one thing Saint-Pierre-La-Noue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Pierre-La-Noue 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-Pierre-La-Noue has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vivien, in La Devise, 2.3 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 46 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 9.4%, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,400 a year.
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.
Behind the median of €1,616/m²: 52 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 52 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,615/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-La-Noue | 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+ | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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, 113 residents of Saint-Pierre-La-Noue died, against 129 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-La-Noue is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 10.8 mi away. 3 GPs practise in the town. At birth, a girl in Charente-Maritime can expect 85.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Pierre-La-Noue.
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-Pierre-La-Noue | 1,486 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 3.2 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 6.8 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 9.7 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 10 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 11 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 12 | D | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Pierre-La-Noue 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 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,616/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pierre-La-Noue grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Pierre-La-Noue is a commune of 1,486 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis Sud. 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.