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SeignéCharente-Maritime

The town has 92 residents and lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.02

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Seigné a good place to live?

Seigné has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 32% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Seigné stand out

The one thing Seigné does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

32% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 56.8. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption · Classé · Photo: Jon Lanthanberg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Seigné’s story

Seigné in pictures

Seigné has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1969.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1969First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seigné.

Who lives here

Seigné has fewer young adults than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Seigné is 56.8 years old.

56.8median age

SeignéCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Charente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

32%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%

CAP or BEP29%

Baccalauréat17%

Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 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.

Ages and diplomas in Seigné
	Seigné	Charente-Maritime median	France median
Under 15	15%	12%	17%
15–24	5.5%	7.6%	11%
25–44	14%	17%	23%
45–64	33%	27%	26%
65+	32%	36%	22%
No diploma	24%	19%	19%
CAP or BEP	29%	29%	26%
Baccalauréat	17%	18%	18%
Higher education	15%	27%	30%

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Ages56.8 median age · 32% are 65 or over Households50 households · 2 people per household Born abroad4.4% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Seigné?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Seigné keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 40% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Seigné is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 12th & 18th c.

12th c.

oldest protected part

1969

first monument protected

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Age of homes40% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Seigné?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Seigné walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3%

8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 12.5% of working residents in Seigné at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%

On foot6%

Motorbike or scooter3%

Public transport0%

Bicycle0%

jobs based in Seigné, 0.6 per working resident

8.6%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

13%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work6% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.6 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Seigné than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.02/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Seigné.

€8.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Seigné€8.02/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²

€8.02/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.37 to €10.12/m² a month)

€7.53/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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Renting€8.02/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Seigné

11pages on Seigné

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 15.4 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here HousingOne sale on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

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The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56.8 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Seigné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionChurch · 12th & 18th c.

Classé

Église de la TransfigurationChurch · 11th c. · in Cressé, 2.7 mi

Classé

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionChurch · 12th & 14th c. · in Beauvais-sur-Matha, 4.9 mi

Classé

Église Saint-MesmeChurch · 12th c. · in Contré, 5.4 mi

Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Jon Lanthanberg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Seigné

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Seigné yet.

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Seigné’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente-Maritime →

RouillacSaint-Jean-d'AngélyVal-de-CognacSeigné

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Seigné	92	—	—	—	—	—
Rouillac Charente	2,919	13	B	A	B⁻	B
Saint-Jean-d'Angély	6,784	15	C⁻	B	D⁻	C⁻
Val-de-Cognac Charente	3,471	16	A	A⁻	A⁺	B⁺

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Seigné

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Seigné is a commune of 92 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. 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: 92 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département: Charente-Maritime (17)
Région: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area: 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km²)
INSEE code: 17422

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.