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A town of 7,440 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saujon grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #30 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,603/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. Its strongest is walkability (B): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saujon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saujon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saujon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Camp dit de César, in Saint-Romain-de-Benet, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saujon.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 count for just over a tenth of the people here. Aged 15 to 24: 7.3% of residents.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saujon | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #43 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André AlbertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 83%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
13 GPs practise in Saujon. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 1,245 residents of Saujon died, against 1,227 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Saujon has 2,250 jobs for 2,300 working residents, 1 per worker. At the census, 9.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,390 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 176 offenses in Saujon. Violence against people ran at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.7 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,603/m², comes from 396 sales of houses and apartments in Saujon from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,608/m² | 333 |
| Apartments | €2,593/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and heritage in and near Saujon. Best known first.
Nothing in Saujon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Saujon.
Émile Gaboriau: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain · Jules Dufaure: Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, Public domain · André du Bois de La Villerabel: Giogo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Georges Gorby: Atelier Nadar. Photographe, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saujon | 7,440 | — | C | B− | B | C+ |
| Médis | 3,157 | 2.6 | B− | B− | A | B+ |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan | 3,446 | 4 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Semussac | 2,585 | 5 | B− | C | A | B |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne | 5,092 | 5.6 | D | D | D | B− |
| Royan | 19,425 | 5.6 | C− | D | D | B |
| Breuillet | 3,058 | 6.4 | B− | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #17 of 44 in Charente-Maritime. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 76 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,603/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €2,608/m² (333 sales), apartments €2,593/m² (63 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saujon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saujon is a commune of 7,440 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique. 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.