Dept 17 Rank #9 / 96 🚄 TGV
Charente-Maritime
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · Nearest city: La Rochelle → Poitiers TGV (~45 min)
Île de Ré salt marshes, Île d'Oléron, Gironde estuary
Climate
Sunshineshape est.
2 060h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
Rain daysshape est.
115/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 fewer rain days each year.
Hot days >30°
20/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
Winter mildness
9/10
4.3 °C avg Jan
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.1 °C per year.
Wind
3.5m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
Muggy days
7/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
Avg max temperature · °Cest.
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
22
J
25
J
25
A
20
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
Real estate
Median €/m²
€2 681 +481
range €969–5 525
DVF sample
—txns
recent sales
Median surface
—m²
Price distribution across communes · €/m²
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Real DVF distribution across this department's priced communes.
Communes
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Landscape
Landscape scoreest.
4/10
Max elevation
—m
Forest cover
—%
Tourism
10/10
Characteristicsest.
🌊 Coastline📸 Tourism hotspot
Île de Ré salt marshes, Île d'Oléron, Gironde estuary
Risks
Safety score
7/10
Flood risk
50%
% communes at risk
Fire risk
38%
% exposed
Seismic zone
2/5
Major risks present
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Transport
Transport
9/10
3.0 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
1
—
Work locally
32%
work in own commune · 5.4% without commuting
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
La Rochelle → Poitiers TGV (~45 min)
✈ Airport
Regional only
🚄 To Paris via TGV
3.0 h direct
🛣 Highways
—
Services
Healthcare
7/10
APL 4.2
Schools
7/10
Brevet 90%
Fiber coverage
97%
Intl schools
2schools
International programmes available
People
Population
—
Density
—/km²
—
Pop trend
8/10 +0.6
Tourism
75 067beds
Age distribution · % of populationest.