Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,083/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Trizay 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 Trizay 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Trizay run above what its ages would predict: 107 per 100 expected, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 198 deaths in Trizay from 2016 to 2025; there were 290, 46% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Trizay is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 6.5 mi away.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw146
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Trizay · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
6.5 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
Trizay keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Trizay is Ruines de l'ancienne abbaye. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Trizay’s grade for cost of living: a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,083/m², comes from 38 sales of houses and apartments in Trizay from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.30/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.63/m² a month, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,083/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Trizay€2,083/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,083/m²
38
€11.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.02 to €14.99/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Saintonge
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Trizay are under 15, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.3%. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
45.8median age
TrizayCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Trizay
Is Trizay safe?
Trizay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Trizay expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,083/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Trizay grades C+ for cost of living.
About Trizay
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Trizay is a commune of 1,538 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de 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
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.
