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People aged 65 and over make up 38% of residents. 1,121 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains’s best grade is for walkability (B): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too — 2.4 jobs per working resident; 14.5% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Trojan-les-Bains 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-Trojan-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Trojan-les-Bains 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-Trojan-les-Bains has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen d'Ors dit la Piare, in Le Château-d'Oléron, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Trojan-les-Bains. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.
People 65 and over make up 38% of the town. Degrees are held by 24% of adults, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half the people of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains are older than 59.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Trojan-les-Bains | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.45/m² a month. Houses were 94% of what sold. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,848/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains’ deaths ran at 92 per 100 expected, close to Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 207 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 190, 8% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Trojan-les-Bains is Ch Rochefort site St Pierre Oleron, 8.7 mi away. In Charente-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
21.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €23,750 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.0% of working residents in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 3.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée de la mer et du littoralNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 157 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains 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-Trojan-les-Bains | 1,121 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Le Château-d'Oléron | 4,366 | 3.6 | B | C | A− | C+ |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 3,486 | 3.6 | B+ | C | A− | C+ |
| La Tremblade | 4,650 | 5.2 | C | C− | D | C |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage | 6,163 | 5.4 | B− | C | B− | C+ |
| Dolus-d'Oléron | 3,199 | 5.7 | D | C− | C | C+ |
| Arvert | 3,917 | 7.4 | B | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 16.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Trojan-les-Bains grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains is a commune of 1,121 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île d'Oléron. 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.