Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 331 residents, it is a town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Thézac out for now. Holiday and other second homes account for one in ten homes.
The one thing Thézac does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Thézac counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1903.
49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thézac.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Thézac is Église Notre-Dame. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. 18% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Thézac is 53.4.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Thézac | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.4% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 38% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 150 residents in work, Thézac has 100 jobs: 0.6 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census. At the census, 6.7% of working residents in Thézac didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
The market in Thézac: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Thézac. Best known first.
Thézac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: JLPC · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thézac yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Thézac is a commune of 331 people in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. 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 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.