Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen du Bois de la Grosse Pierre: Photo: Phojack · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Radegonde.
History
Old homes shape Sainte-Radegonde: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Radegonde; none is classé, France’s top protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Sainte-Radegonde hold a degree than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 20%
50.5median age
Over-65s are 24% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.5%, near Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
Sainte-RadegondeCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. 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
Work & commute
Only 4.2% of commuters in Sainte-Radegonde go to work without a car, fewer than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Median disposable income comes to €24,530 a year per consumption unit. For its 200 residents in work, Sainte-Radegonde has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. Unemployment stood at 11.6%, above Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Sainte-Radegonde, 0.2 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sainte-Radegonde, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in Sainte-Radegonde costs less than in Charente-Maritime’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.25/m² a month
€11.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.30/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Sainte-Radegonde.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Sainte-Radegonde€11.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€11.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.23 to €13.72/m² a month)
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Sainte-Radegonde is a commune of 589 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
Population
589 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
17389
Sainte-Radegonde’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.
