Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime has 668,160 residents in 463 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €2,790/m², from €1,160/m² in Matha to €7,960/m² in Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré among communes of more than 2,000 people. 66% of households own their main home.

Département 17 · 463 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

668,160residents2022 census

€2,790/m²median price per m²five years of sales

66%of households own their homemain home

22%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Charente-Maritime.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Charente-Maritime : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Charente-Maritime : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Charente-Maritime : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 76 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis	4,578	€2,800/m²	€23,520	76%	12%	7.9%	16%	61
Andilly	2,314	€2,580/m²	€24,260	83%	6%	7.9%	6%	18
Angoulins	4,147	€3,960/m²	€26,700	69%	12%	12.2%	5%	45
Arvert	3,875	€2,630/m²	€22,200	78%	16%	10.7%	4%	23
Aytré	9,759	€3,910/m²	€22,830	48%	12%	10.4%	26%	65
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus	3,515	€2,530/m²	€21,550	72%	16%	9.7%	3%	25
Breuillet	3,060	€3,240/m²	€25,520	84%	20%	10.1%	20%	16
Chaniers	3,634	€1,780/m²	€23,380	79%	12%	10.1%	46%	31
Charron	2,014	€2,460/m²	€23,250	81%	10%	8.1%	28%	15
Châtelaillon-Plage	6,440	€4,960/m²	€26,120	64%	20%	10.4%	8%	91
Courçon	2,081	€1,840/m²	€21,530	62%	7%	10.1%	2%	37
Cozes	2,223	€1,980/m²	€20,860	69%	20%	9.8%	8%	50
Dolus-d'Oléron	3,187	€3,750/m²	€22,910	69%	15%	13.9%	11%	39
Dompierre-sur-Mer	6,084	€3,520/m²	€26,110	79%	12%	8.5%	3%	32
Esnandes	2,132	€2,930/m²	€23,500	78%	10%	12.1%	12%	21
Fontcouverte	2,313	€1,950/m²	€24,750	83%	16%	7.7%	67%	15
Fouras	4,124	€4,000/m²	€25,880	72%	21%	11.3%	2%	81
Gémozac	3,033	€1,690/m²	€20,560	67%	15%	10.2%	3%	24
Jonzac	3,576	€1,780/m²	€20,210	45%	20%	14.2%	21%	84
L'Houmeau	2,953	€3,970/m²	€27,780	75%	18%	9.3%	7%	30
La Flotte	3,131	€7,520/m²	€25,180	66%	17%	9.5%	3%	54
La Jarne	2,591	€3,380/m²	€25,270	74%	12%	11.2%	6%	27
La Jarrie	3,447	€3,080/m²	€25,210	80%	8%	8.7%	5%	33
La Rochelle	79,961	€4,770/m²	€22,200	37%	12%	15.3%	12%	189
La Tremblade	4,543	€3,430/m²	€23,170	67%	24%	14.2%	1%	43
Lagord	7,594	€3,850/m²	€27,680	68%	18%	8.6%	5%	50
Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré	2,177	€7,960/m²	€27,480	75%	22%	11.2%	1%	32
Le Château-d'Oléron	4,359	€3,250/m²	€22,720	67%	16%	13.2%	21%	77
Le Gua	2,115	€2,150/m²	€21,510	70%	16%	15.1%	7%	20
Le Thou	2,085	€2,590/m²	€22,220	85%	5%	7.0%	2%	16
Les Mathes	2,184	€4,320/m²	€24,710	75%	15%	14.9%	14%	16
Marans	4,487	€1,910/m²	€21,500	67%	16%	9.6%	1%	55
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage	6,148	€2,400/m²	€21,900	67%	18%	14.2%	1%	58
Marsilly	3,185	€3,670/m²	€27,760	79%	13%	6.7%	6%	21
Matha	2,202	€1,160/m²	€20,730	61%	22%	13.7%	19%	27
Meschers-sur-Gironde	3,165	€3,510/m²	€24,350	83%	23%	13.0%	8%	53
Montendre	3,226	€1,550/m²	€20,020	60%	19%	17.4%	10%	39
Médis	3,041	€2,900/m²	€23,160	81%	14%	13.6%	12%	21
Nieul-sur-Mer	5,805	€3,730/m²	€26,200	75%	15%	8.2%	5%	31
Pons	4,308	€1,460/m²	€20,640	56%	16%	12.6%	22%	57
Puilboreau	6,668	€3,620/m²	€24,990	61%	15%	10.6%	3%	35
Périgny	8,802	€3,850/m²	€26,000	59%	12%	8.5%	5%	43
Rivedoux-Plage	2,428	€7,060/m²	€29,210	72%	19%	10.2%	1%	33
Rochefort	23,188	€2,360/m²	€20,380	45%	15%	18.9%	18%	145
Royan	19,322	€3,780/m²	€23,280	55%	26%	18.3%	26%	122
Saint-Agnant	2,774	€2,170/m²	€23,590	81%	9%	10.9%	27%	12
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron	4,052	€3,670/m²	€22,090	69%	18%	14.6%	21%	20
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne	5,093	€4,030/m²	€24,900	75%	28%	14.1%	48%	53
Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux	2,840	€2,290/m²	€24,590	78%	12%	8.7%	28%	29
Saint-Jean-d'Angély	6,679	€1,450/m²	€20,240	52%	20%	21.0%	15%	49
Saint-Jean-de-Liversay	3,050	€2,200/m²	€23,080	78%	10%	5.9%	3%	19
Saint-Just-Luzac	2,100	€2,340/m²	€21,230	83%	9%	12.1%	6%	11
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée	2,285	€2,860/m²	€25,210	80%	9%	7.1%	3%	19
Saint-Martin-de-Ré	2,309	€7,100/m²	€24,540	46%	19%	11.8%	19%	76
Saint-Médard-d'Aunis	2,367	€2,700/m²	€24,360	82%	7%	7.0%	5%	18
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	2,133	€3,110/m²	€24,450	88%	3%	6.1%	16%	12
Saint-Palais-sur-Mer	3,879	€4,620/m²	€27,250	81%	28%	12.6%	7%	70
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron	6,665	€3,580/m²	€23,040	70%	18%	16.1%	17%	49
Saint-Rogatien	2,394	€3,560/m²	€26,460	75%	11%	7.6%	2%	26
Saint-Savinien	2,458	€1,640/m²	€20,950	70%	17%	13.6%	13%	45
Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan	3,417	€3,040/m²	€24,190	80%	17%	8.7%	3%	29
Saint-Xandre	5,531	€3,520/m²	€25,370	72%	12%	6.9%	3%	36
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré	3,392	€6,670/m²	€29,460	75%	18%	8.8%	5%	20
Sainte-Soulle	5,016	€3,180/m²	€25,310	73%	7%	6.7%	4%	19
Saintes	25,312	€2,060/m²	€21,770	50%	16%	14.6%	31%	62
Salles-sur-Mer	2,427	€3,350/m²	€26,980	80%	10%	9.4%	34%	24
Saujon	7,314	€2,590/m²	€22,360	66%	20%	13.8%	28%	41
Semussac	2,532	€2,760/m²	€22,200	79%	12%	8.7%	1%	23
Soubise	3,935	€2,470/m²	€23,660	78%	7%	3.4%	17%	27
Surgères	6,861	€1,940/m²	€21,560	59%	16%	17.8%	1%	3
Tonnay-Charente	8,248	€2,060/m²	€21,650	67%	13%	10.7%	11%	25
Vaux-sur-Mer	4,030	€4,500/m²	€26,550	75%	25%	16.2%	14%	75
Villedoux	2,241	€3,000/m²	€24,290	85%	5%	5.0%	11%	12
Vérines	2,375	€2,670/m²	€24,310	79%	5%	7.3%	2%	10
Échillais	3,701	€2,380/m²	€23,030	76%	12%	10.8%	5%	19
Étaules	2,763	€2,680/m²	€22,480	78%	14%	14.7%	3%	21

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

668,160 residents and 324,989 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

14%

aged under 15

14%

aged 15–29

36%

aged 60 and over

39%

of households are people living alone

20%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

457,330 homes, 71% of them main residences, with 4.2 rooms on average.

77%

of homes are houses

66%

of households own their home

of households rent social housing (HLM)

22%

second homes

empty homes

89%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191916%

1919–19457%

1946–197016%

1971–199025%

1991–200518%

2006–201919%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

60,545 house and flat sales over five years.

€2,790/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€3,910/m²flats13,139 sales

€2,550/m²houses47,406 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

11.5%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

28%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

38%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Charente-Maritime on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

11.0GPs per 10,000 residents2025

214pharmacieson 1 January 2025

472food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners737

Dentists421

Nurses1,077

Physiotherapists1,016

Pharmacies214

Group health centres38

Emergency departments10

Supermarkets and hypermarkets166

Convenience stores and grocers306

Bakeries616

Butchers194

Petrol stations118

EV charging stations295

Post offices and postal points253

Banks293

France services centres35

Police and gendarmerie53

Restaurants2,531

Hairdressers1,109

Nurseries101

Swimming pools56

Sports halls183

Gyms99

Cinemas25

Libraries224

Performance venues11

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 463 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Earthquake100%

Severe weather100%

Transport of hazardous goods100%

Ground movement90%

Forest fire28%

Flooding22%

Nuclear hazard0%

5,409natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

24%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows2,101

Drought (clay shrinkage)1,264

Ground movement979

Coastal surges and wave damage972

Storms and cyclones36

Other (snow, hail, avalanches…)35

Earthquakes22

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026