Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,344/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Amant-de-Boixe 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 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Émile Marchoux, born in 1862, is the one person born in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 75 per 100 expected, below Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Amant-de-Boixe is Centre hospitalier D Angouleme, 11.2 mi away. 266 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 230: 16% above. In Charente, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
16% are under 15, between Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Typical age in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe: 47.9, the median.
47.9median age
Saint-Amant-de-BoixeCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe has higher unemployment than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 13.0%
Median disposable income comes to €24,070 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 8.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, 0.6 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Is Saint-Amant-de-Boixe safe?
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Amant-de-Boixe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Amant-de-Boixe grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe is a commune of 1,341 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de 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.
