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832 residents make their home in this town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges de Richemont, in Val-de-Cognac, 2.6 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac.
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, lower than Charente’s towns (28%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). 23% of adults hold a degree. Line up the people of Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac by age and the one in the middle is 51.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,960 a year per consumption unit. 8.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac has 150 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude BoucherNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 77%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac recorded 26 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac 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 Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac | 832 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cognac | 18,532 | 3.4 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Val-de-Cognac | 3,471 | 4 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Châteaubernard | 3,878 | 4.2 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Chaniers Charente-Maritime | 3,651 | 8.2 | — | B− | — | C |
| Pons Charente-Maritime | 4,343 | 11 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Jarnac | 4,486 | 11 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac is a commune of 832 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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) · 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 November 4, 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.