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In Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,365 residents.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D−): just over one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,791/m²: 70 m² comes to 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Gemme 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 2 things Sainte-Gemme does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Gemme 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.
Sainte-Gemme has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Sainte-Gemme counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Gemme.
Half of residents lived on more than €22,900 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.2% of commuters travelled at the census. 8.8% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Gemme is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 10.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 95 residents of Sainte-Gemme died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Gemme is Prieuré de Sainte-Gemme.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The under-15s are 18% of the population here. 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) but below compared French towns (11%). Residents of Sainte-Gemme have a median age of 43.5.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Gemme | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Sainte-Gemme, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,791/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,791/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Sainte-Gemme. Best known first.
Sainte-Gemme has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Prieuré de Sainte-Gemme: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Gemme 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Gemme | 1,365 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Saujon | 7,440 | 7 | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 7.4 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux | 2,843 | 8.9 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 9.2 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 9.5 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Médis | 3,157 | 9.5 | B− | B− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Gemme has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,791/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Gemme grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Gemme is a commune of 1,365 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge. 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.