Chérac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,432/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chérac 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chérac.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Chérac is harder to get around on foot than 97% of compared French towns
Unemployment stands at 7.2%. 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (10.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Chérac counts 0.5 jobs (300 jobs, 550 workers).
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Chérac, 0.5 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Chérac loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 71 per 100 expected, below Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Chérac is Hopitaux du Grand Cognac, 7.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 120 residents of Chérac died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. In Charente-Maritime, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chérac · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux du Grand Cognac
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Grand Cognac
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
32 sales of houses and apartments in Chérac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,432/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold here. House rents are put at about €8.13/m² a month.
€1,432/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chérac€1,432/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente-Maritime median€3,369/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,432/m²
32
€11.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €14.85/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Chérac keeps more of its old housing than Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Chérac; none is classé, France’s top protection. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 2 of 3. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.5% of residents. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
45.3median age
ChéracCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chérac
Is Chérac safe?
Chérac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Chérac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,432/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.78/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chérac grades B for cost of living.
About Chérac
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chérac is a commune of 1,130 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo. 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
1,130 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo
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.
