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A town of 1,594 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Aigre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Aigre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aigre 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 1 historic monument in Aigre, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Aigre before 1900, the earliest Pierre Dereix, in 1769.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aigre.
That puts Aigre above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Aigre | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Aigre is below both Charente’s towns (€1,635/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €912/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Aigre comes below both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 424 residents of Aigre died, against 300 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Aigre, that is above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Aigre, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Aigre sits above both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €22,530 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 29 offenses in the graded categories in Aigre in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 30.8% of the index here. With 700 jobs for 500 working residents, Aigre draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Aigre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Aigre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigre | 1,594 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Rouillac | 2,919 | 8.2 | B | A | B− | B |
| La Boixe | 2,841 | 11 | A | A− | A | C+ |
| Ruffec | 3,449 | 13 | B+ | A− | D− | B |
| Champniers | 5,281 | 15 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 16 | A | A− | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 16 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aigre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aigre grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Aigre is a commune of 1,594 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.