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SemillacCharente-Maritime

A town of 65 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 34% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Semillac a good place to live?

Semillac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Semillac stand out

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Semillac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Semillac’s story

No historic monuments in Semillac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Semillac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Saint-Dizant-du-Bois, 1 mi away.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Fewer children live in Semillac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 11% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of residents. Half of Semillac is older than 51.5, half younger.

51.5median age
SemillacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP45%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Semillac
SemillacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1511%12%17%
15–247.7%7.6%11%
25–4420%17%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+34%36%22%
No diploma15%19%19%
CAP or BEP45%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education15%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Semillac has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each

11.1% of Semillac’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 78% drove.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot11%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Semillac, 0.4 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest general lycée is 8.5 mi away. A collège lies 2.1 mi away.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Semillac91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Didier DauratNearest collègeCollègeCollège4591%+5 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Semillac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.57/m² a month

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

Sales in Semillac from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€9.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Semillac€9.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€9.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.41 to €12.35/m² a month)
€8.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Semillac

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Landmarks

Nothing in Semillac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Semillac

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

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Semillac’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 →
Saint-Ciers-sur-GirondeJonzacMontendreGémozacPonsPauillacSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeJonzacMontendreGémozacPonsPauillacSemillac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Semillac65—————
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde3,1757.5B−B+B−C−
Jonzac3,6028.4DC+D−D
Montendre3,22212C+BC−C+
Gémozac3,05213A−B+AC
Pons4,34313C−BC−C+
Pauillac Gironde5,19016C−BDC−

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

About Semillac

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Semillac is a commune of 65 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute 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
65 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1 sq mi (2.5 km²)
INSEE code
17423

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.