Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 773 residents in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Archiac has none. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Archiac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Archiac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Arthenac, 0.7 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Archiac.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9% of the town, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 32% of the population. Residents of Archiac have a median age of 50.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Archiac | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Archiac has 400 jobs for 300 working residents, 1.4 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.8% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Archiac didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arlette GuiradoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Archiac.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Archiac 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 Archiac yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archiac | 773 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente | 4,726 | 7.9 | B− | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Jonzac | 3,602 | 8.4 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Châteaubernard Charente | 3,878 | 11 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Cognac Charente | 18,532 | 12 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Pons | 4,343 | 13 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Jarnac Charente | 4,486 | 13 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Archiac is a commune of 773 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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) · 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 November 4, 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.