Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Saturnin 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-Saturnin 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 Saint-Saturnin.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Saint-Saturnin has lower unemployment than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.6% of commuters travelled at the census. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Saturnin, for 600 working residents (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €28,250 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Saturnin, 0.2 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Saturnin: 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, higher than both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Saturnin is Église Saint-Saturnin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Saturnin run lower than in 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Saturnin’s deaths ran at 85 per 100 expected, close to both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Saint-Saturnin died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Also worth knowing: 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.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Saturnin · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
4.2 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
Saint-Saturnin has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24
Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents. 16% are under 15, between Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by a third of adults.
49.3median age
Saint-SaturninCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Saturnin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.6 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in Saint-Saturnin were other physical violence than anything else (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Grande Chapelle and 2 more in and around Saint-Saturnin
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Saturnin. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Saturnin
Is Saint-Saturnin safe?
Saint-Saturnin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Saint-Saturnin
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Saturnin is a commune of 1,284 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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.
