Schools are its strong suit (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment. At €1,731/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B− for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Savinien 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-Savinien 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Savinien.
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Savinien beat 90% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Savinien, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (91.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 8.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Savinien are 15 to 24: 6.4%, fewer than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 36% of residents. 12% are under 15, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 25% of adults.
55.7median age
Saint-SavinienCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Saint-Savinien has higher unemployment than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 13.6%
The median disposable income was €23,780 a year per consumption unit, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Saint-Savinien didn’t travel to work at all. The census found just over one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
950
jobs based in Saint-Savinien, 1.1 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Savinien keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Savinien is Église Saint-Savinien. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2007. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Saint-Savinien is graded a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
101 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Savinien, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,731/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.46/m² a month, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.95/m² a month.
€1,731/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Savinien€1,731/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,731/m²
101
€11.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.23 to €14.23/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Saint-Savinien is above 54% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (104 places) count their residents as Saint-Savinien’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 429 residents of Saint-Savinien died, against 385 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Savinien is Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely, 8.4 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.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Savinien · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Saintonge Saintes
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Savinien ranks below 54% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.8 violent offenses and 12.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Savinien show 53 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Sexual violence18
Family violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence7
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 11.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Savinien
Are schools in Saint-Savinien good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Savinien expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,731/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Savinien grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Savinien
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Savinien is a commune of 2,460 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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
Population
2,460 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
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.
