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Some 2,364 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Rogatien’s standout strength is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B for jobs & income. The median home sells for €3,690/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Rogatien 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 2 things Saint-Rogatien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Rogatien 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-Rogatien has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Rogatien has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Rogatien.
Per resident in work, Saint-Rogatien counts 0.4 jobs (350 jobs, 1,000 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €29,090 a year per consumption unit, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.9% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 360 deaths in Saint-Rogatien between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 292: 23% above. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Rogatien can choose among 5 GPs.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 95% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.24/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Rogatien from July 2023 to June 2026: 73 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,709/m² | 69 |
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 built before 1919 account for 5.9% of the housing. Protection here reaches back to the 12th 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.
Near Saint-Rogatien, 91.4% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (91.4%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fabre d'ÉglantineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel de RompsayNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 123 | 76%−12 pts |
| Collège de l'AtlantiqueBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 15%, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Rogatien | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes in Saint-Rogatien. All told, Saint-Rogatien had 23 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 10.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.5 (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (34.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Saint-Rogatien. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Buzay2.7 km south, in La JarneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cramahé4.5 km south, in Salles-sur-MerTheme parkTheme parkPop Corn Labyrinthe3.1 km south, in La JarneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clavette3.4 km east, in ClavetteAttractionAttractionVertig'O parc3 km southwest, in La JarnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Saint-Rogatien has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Rogatien Saint-Donatien: Photo: Bastien.pierre · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Rogatien as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Rogatien | 2,364 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 1.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 1.6 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 2.4 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Aytré | 9,746 | 2.6 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 3.2 | C | D | C− | D |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 3.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Rogatien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.95/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Rogatien grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Rogatien is a commune of 2,364 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
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 4, 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.