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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 229 people.
At under 1,000 residents, Sousmoulins is too small for the grades other French towns get. It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Sousmoulins does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sousmoulins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de l'ancien cimetière, in Chantillac, 4 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sousmoulins.
People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town. 13% are under 15, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Sousmoulins: 57, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Sousmoulins | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Sousmoulins, for 100 working residents (0.4 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,110 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 12.6% of working residents in Sousmoulins didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.54/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Sousmoulins.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sousmoulins is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sousmoulins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sousmoulins | 229 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montendre | 3,222 | 4 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Jonzac | 3,602 | 11 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 12 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Saint-Savin Gironde | 3,582 | 13 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 13 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 3,175 | 14 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sousmoulins is a commune of 229 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
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 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.