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Some 1,436 people live in this town, in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Vivien’s best grade is for health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €3,440/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Vivien 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-Vivien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Vivien 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-Vivien 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-Vivien as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Angoulins, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vivien.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 68 deaths in Saint-Vivien between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 93: 27% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Vivien is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.9 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-Vivien from July 2023 to June 2026: 43 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,440/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 93%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.3% of the population. Children under 15 make up 23%, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 38% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vivien | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Saint-Vivien number 400, against 650 residents in work (0.6 per worker). At the census, 4.9% of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €27,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Vivien. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Vivien 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-Vivien 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-Vivien | 1,436 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Châtelaillon-Plage | 6,653 | 1.6 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
| Angoulins | 4,240 | 3.2 | A− | D | C+ | A− |
| La Jarne | 2,637 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | B− |
| La Jarrie | 3,458 | 3.9 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Aytré | 9,746 | 4.9 | C | D | C | C+ |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 5.7 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Vivien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Vivien grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Vivien is a commune of 1,436 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.