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ChartuzacCharente-Maritime

A town of 164 in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Chartuzac a good place to live?

Chartuzac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Chartuzac stand out

The one thing Chartuzac does most differently from other towns.

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Chartuzac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Chartuzac’s story

No historic monuments in Chartuzac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Chartuzac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Salignac-de-Mirambeau, 3.2 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chartuzac.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Chartuzac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 14% of adults

28% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.3% of residents, about level with Charente-Maritime’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population.

52.9median age
ChartuzacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chartuzac
ChartuzacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Under 1512%12%17%
15–247.3%7.6%11%
25–4418%17%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+28%36%22%
No diploma33%19%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education14%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Chartuzac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,330 a year per consumption unit

6.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Charente-Maritime’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 7.1% of Chartuzac’s working residents to work at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Chartuzac, 0.3 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Chartuzac costs less than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.87/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Chartuzac recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chartuzac€10.87/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente-Maritime median€12.46/m²
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.66 to €13.64/m² a month)
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chartuzac

11pages on Chartuzac

Landmarks

Nothing in Chartuzac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Chartuzac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chartuzac yet.

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Chartuzac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente-Maritime →
MontendreJonzacSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeSaint-SavinSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacLaruscadeMontendreJonzacSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeSaint-SavinSaint-Yzan-de-SoudiacLaruscadeChartuzac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chartuzac164—————
Montendre3,2223.6C+BC−C+
Jonzac3,6027.5DC+D−D
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde3,17510B−B+B−C−
Saint-Savin Gironde3,58213B−B−A−C+
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde2,58613C−C+B+D−
Laruscade Gironde2,81116—B—B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Chartuzac

Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chartuzac is a commune of 164 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

Population
164 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
0.9 sq mi (2.4 km²)
INSEE code
17092

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 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.