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1,074 people call this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Incomes are on the low side: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bussac-Forêt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bussac-Forêt 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bussac-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vincent, in Val-de-Livenne, 8.3 mi away.
11% 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 Bussac-Forêt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bussac-Forêt is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 14.7 mi away. 77 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 82: 6% below. Life expectancy in Charente-Maritime: 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). A tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Bussac-Forêt from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.7% of residents. Degrees are held by 17% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Bussac-Forêt | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bussac-Forêt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bussac-Forêt as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussac-Forêt | 1,074 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 4.7 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Montendre | 3,222 | 5.5 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Savin Gironde | 3,582 | 5.6 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 6.7 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cézac Gironde | 2,727 | 8.6 | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 3,175 | 13 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bussac-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bussac-Forêt is a commune of 1,074 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.