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A town of 1,568 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Charmes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Charmes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charmes 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Charmes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Montain, in La Fère, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charmes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Charmes above both Aisne’s towns (110) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 191 residents of Charmes died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 43 sales of houses and apartments in Charmes from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,167/m² for the median of compared towns in Aisne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,001/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 12.9%, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Charmes has 400 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Charmes is above both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 21% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Charmes | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Charmes comes below both Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie de LuxembourgNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 76%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MonnetNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 63 | 89%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Charmes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la résistance et de la déportation de Picardie4.7 km west, in TergnierMuseumMuseumMusée Jeanne-d'Aboville1.3 km northwest, in La FèreAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Calvaire de La Fère1.4 km northwest, in La FèreMuseumMuseumMusée Jeanne d'Aboville1.3 km northwest, in La FèreMuseumMuseumMusée de la résistance et de la déportation de l'Aisne4.7 km west, in TergnierPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Charmes 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 Charmes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Charmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.55/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Charmes grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Charmes is a commune of 1,568 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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.