Bellevigne 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 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,225/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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 Bellevigne 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 Bellevigne.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Bellevigne sees fewer deaths than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Bellevigne, that is below both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Bellevigne died, against 157 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bellevigne · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
12.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux du Grand Cognac
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Bellevigne are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.8%
Bellevigne sits below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Bellevigne has 300 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Bellevigne, 0.5 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bellevigne: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bellevigne
Is Bellevigne safe?
Bellevigne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bellevigne expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.91/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bellevigne grades A− for cost of living.
About Bellevigne
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bellevigne is a commune of 1,271 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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
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.
