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A town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,272 people.
Homes are affordable (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is walkability — 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,494/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Asnières-sur-Nouère 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 Asnières-sur-Nouère 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.
Asnières-sur-Nouère has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Asnières-sur-Nouère does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Asnières-sur-Nouère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Fontguyon, in Saint-Amant-de-Nouère, 2.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Asnières-sur-Nouère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Asnières-sur-Nouère.
Unemployment runs at 7.7%. 1.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Asnières-sur-Nouère has 250 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
House rents are put at about €11.02/m² a month. 38 houses and apartments changed hands in Asnières-sur-Nouère from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,494/m² | 38 |
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 Charente, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 98 deaths in Asnières-sur-Nouère from 2016 to 2025; there were 74, 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Asnières-sur-Nouère is Centre hospitalier D Angouleme, 6.3 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Degrees are held by 31% of adults, higher than Charente’s towns (25%) and near compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Asnières-sur-Nouère | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Asnières-sur-Nouère yet.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Asnières-sur-Nouère is a commune of 1,272 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asnières-sur-Nouère | 1,272 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 3.4 | A | A− | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 4.7 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| La Boixe | 2,841 | 5.4 | A | A− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 5.5 | B | B | C | B |
| Gond-Pontouvre | 5,862 | 6.3 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 6.7 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Asnières-sur-Nouère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Asnières-sur-Nouère grades A for cost of living.
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 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.