Tour de Broue: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de la Mauvignière: Photo: Carabas1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sornin.
Who lives here
Saint-Sornin has fewer young adults than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8% are 15 to 24
48.7median age
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%). Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Saint-Sornin is 48.7 years old.
Saint-SorninCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Sornin keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Sornin is Église Saint-Saturnin. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Saint-Sornin run lower than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,660 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Sornin holds 100 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Saint-Sornin didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Sornin, 0.4 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Saint-Sornin is a commune of 415 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. 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
415 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.6 km²)
INSEE code
17406
Saint-Sornin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
