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A town of 1,032 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Claud has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. At the median price of €1,028/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Claud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Claud 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Claud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Claud.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
145 deaths in Saint-Claud between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 144: 1% above. Average lifespans in Charente: 85.7 years for women, 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Claud is Centre hospitalier Confolens, 12.3 mi away.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,028/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Claud from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,028/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.9% of residents, below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 13% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Claud | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Claud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment runs at 14.4%. Public transport took 3.4% of Saint-Claud’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Claud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Saint-Claud: Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Viaduc ferroviaire dit viaduc de la Sonnette: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Claud as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Claud | 1,032 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,111 | 5.1 | B | A− | C+ | C |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente | 3,777 | 5.8 | B− | A | B+ | D |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | 4,025 | 12 | B+ | B | B− | A+ |
| Confolens | 2,730 | 13 | B | A | C+ | D− |
| Brie | 4,125 | 15 | A+ | A− | A+ | B− |
| Ruffec | 3,449 | 16 | B+ | A− | D− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Claud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,028/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Claud grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Claud is a commune of 1,032 people in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. 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.
