Tonnay-Boutonne’s strongest is schools — brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,652/m² takes 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tonnay-Boutonne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Tonnay-Boutonne 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Tonnay-Boutonne than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
53.8median age
Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and above compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6.9% of residents.
Tonnay-BoutonneCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
HealthHealth C−
Tonnay-Boutonne’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 80% of compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Tonnay-Boutonne. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 321 residents of Tonnay-Boutonne died, against 230 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. The nearest emergency department to Tonnay-Boutonne is Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely, 8.7 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw139
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Tonnay-Boutonne · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Jean D Angely
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Tonnay-Boutonne are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.9%
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Tonnay-Boutonne number 450, against 450 residents in work (1 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,400 a year. No commute at all: 8.2% of working residents in the town at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot9%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Tonnay-Boutonne, 1 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Tonnay-Boutonne keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tonnay-Boutonne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Buying in Tonnay-Boutonne costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,652/m²
€1,652/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.02/m² a month, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Tonnay-Boutonne recorded 46 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.88/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tonnay-Boutonne€1,652/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,686/m²
45
€11.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.88 to €13.69/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Tonnay-Boutonne is a commune of 1,188 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
1,188 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.9 sq mi (23.1 km²)
INSEE code
17448
Tonnay-Boutonne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tonnay-Boutonne
Is Tonnay-Boutonne safe?
Tonnay-Boutonne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Tonnay-Boutonne good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tonnay-Boutonne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tonnay-Boutonne grades B− for cost of living.
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.
