Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,166 people, lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Villedoux 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.
The 3 things Villedoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villedoux 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.
Villedoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villedoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Esnandes, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villedoux.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 22%, higher than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Villedoux | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Villedoux from July 2023 to June 2026: 64 houses and apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €13.19/m² a month, above both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€12.46/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €12.20/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,868/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,990 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Villedoux has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Villedoux is Hopital Saint Louis la Rochelle, 6.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 96 residents of Villedoux died, against 108 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Villedoux in the categories the grade counts.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Villedoux. Best known first.
Nothing in Villedoux 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 Villedoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villedoux | 2,166 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 2.8 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 3.2 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 3.8 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 3.9 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 4.5 | C | D | C− | D |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 5.3 | A | D | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villedoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villedoux grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Villedoux is a commune of 2,166 people in the Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.