Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on schools (C): bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points below the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Vergeroux 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 Vergeroux 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vergeroux.
HealthHealth A
Vergeroux loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 73 per 100 expected, below Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 80 residents of Vergeroux died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. Women in Charente-Maritime live to 85.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Vergeroux is Centre hospitalier Rochefort, 0.8 mi away.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Vergeroux · 6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
0.8 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
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Vergeroux than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.54/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,635/m², lower than Charente-Maritime’s towns (€3,369/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Vergeroux: 55 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€2,635/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vergeroux€2,635/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,635/m²
55
€13.54/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.77 to €17.01/m² a month)
7.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Vergeroux are out of work than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.4%
Median disposable income comes to €28,290 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Vergeroux counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 550 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.8% of commuters at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Vergeroux, 0.2 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Brevet near Vergeroux: 86.2% passed, against 91.4% in Charente-Maritime’s towns and 87.5% in compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 87% of 121 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one. 93.3% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Vergeroux, in line with Charente-Maritime’s towns (93.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
95%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Vergeroux, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 4.9% of homes were built. Among the classé monuments in Vergeroux is Poudrière extérieure. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Vergeroux than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 38% of adults
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 16% are under 15, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents.
48.3median age
VergerouxCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vergeroux
Is Vergeroux safe?
Vergeroux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Vergeroux good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. 95% of 374 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Maurice Merleau-Ponty in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vergeroux expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vergeroux grades C− for cost of living.
About Vergeroux
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vergeroux is a commune of 1,279 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rochefort Océan. 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.
