Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €993/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde 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 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde 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 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.73/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 2.9 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.86/m² a month. 40 houses and apartments changed hands in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde from July 2023 to June 2026.
€993/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde€993/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€993/m²
40
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.31/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde: 32% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Under 15: 13% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.9%, below Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
54median age
Baignes-Sainte-RadegondeCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde run below what its ages would predict: 78 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde. The nearest emergency department to Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde is Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente, 8.4 mi away. 216 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 218: 1% below. At birth, a girl in Charente can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
21.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Grand Cognac
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde: 31% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde run lower than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns: a median €22,540 a year per consumption unit
8.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 11.3%.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, 0.7 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
Is Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde safe?
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde 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 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde grades A for cost of living.
About Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde is a commune of 1,254 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente. 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.
