Find your town in Charente
Charente has 359 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 26 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 46 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Charente is like
The median ranked town in Charente grades highest on cost of living and schools against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
9 of 26 (35%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
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26 towns · ordered by Charente rank
6 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
333 smaller towns and villages in Charente
With the 26 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 359 communes of Charente, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
287 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Charente
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Charente
What is the best place to live in Charente?
Châteaubernard ranks first of 26 graded towns of 2,500 or more: health (A) and jobs & income (A−) are its strongest grades; walkability (B+) is its lowest. Brie and La Boixe follow.
How do the biggest towns in Charente grade?
Angoulême (41,908 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability. Cognac (18,532 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Charente, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Charente on TownRatings?
Yes: all 359 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 26 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 46 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 287 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Photos: Châteaubernard, Père Igor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Brie, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · La Boixe, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Val-de-Cognac, Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart (Public domain) · Châteauneuf-sur-Charente, MatthOSM16 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Magnac-sur-Touvre, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Jarnac, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Fléac, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · L'Isle-d'Espagnac, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois, Claude Palanque Razibus (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Roullet-Saint-Estèphe, JLPC (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Champniers, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ruffec, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, Anonymous Unknown author (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Confolens, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rouillac, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Michel, rosier (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cognac, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Terres-de-Haute-Charente, Jack_ma (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, JLPC (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Angoulême, Myrabella (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Soyaux, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · La Couronne, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Gond-Pontouvre, Jack ma (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.