Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,677 people live in this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Recorded crime is low: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a B+ overall, Saint-Xandre is better than 73% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #9 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. People here tend to be in good health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Xandre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Xandre 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Xandre, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Xandre.
On the Safety Grade, Saint-Xandre ranks 2nd of the 44 compared towns in Charente-Maritime. The town’s tally for 2025: 58 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.5% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,493/m², close to Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Among the homes sold, 95% were houses. Saint-Xandre recorded 192 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,494/m² | 183 |
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.
Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 517 deaths in Saint-Xandre from 2016 to 2025; there were 456, 12% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Xandre can choose among 6 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Jobs based in Saint-Xandre number 600, against 2,500 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €28,370 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Saint-Xandre went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Xandre | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.3% of the total, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
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.
The town’s schools place #29 of 44 in Charente-Maritime on results. A collège lies 2.3 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Xandre, 93.9% passed the bac, near both Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc ChagallNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 225 | 90%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Léonce VieljeuxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 367 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège BeauregardBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 208 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Saint-Xandre. Best known first.
Saint-Xandre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Sauzaie: Photo: Pertuisallionis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Xandre 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-Xandre | 5,677 | — | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 1.7 | C | D | C− | D |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 2.1 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 2.4 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Lagord | 7,802 | 3.1 | B+ | D | B− | B |
| Périgny | 8,877 | 3.2 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 3.3 | A | D | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #29 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. 97% of 367 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Léonce Vieljeux in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Xandre grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Xandre is a commune of 5,677 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 October 30, 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.