Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)Charente
It is a town of 119 residents in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Is Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) a good place to live?
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) falls below the line for grades.
Église Sainte-Madeleine · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)’s story
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) in pictures
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
- 1994First protected: Église Sainte-Madeleine
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud).
History
Old homes shape Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud): 21% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) is Église Sainte-Madeleine. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit0
12th c.
oldest protected part
1994
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud): 44.8, the median.
44.8median age
Ages · share of residents
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) | Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) | Charente median | France median |
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| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
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| 15–24 | 6.6% | 9.6% | 11% |
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| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
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| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
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| 65+ | 20% | 28% | 22% |
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| No diploma | 12% | 22% | 19% |
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| CAP or BEP | 39% | 30% | 26% |
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| Baccalauréat | 13% | 19% | 18% |
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| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
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INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 3.8%
At the census, 5.8% of working residents in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) didn’t travel to work at all. 10.5% of the labour force were unemployed, near both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud), 0.1 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.73/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud): 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€9.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)€9.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €12.31/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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Everything we know about Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)
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Landmarks
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Photo credits
Église Sainte-Madeleine: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) yet.
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud)
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bors (Canton de Charente-Sud) is a commune of 119 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud 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
- Population
- 119 (INSEE, census 2023)
- Intercommunality
- Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
- Département
- Charente (16)
- Région
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Area
- 4.7 sq mi (12.3 km²)
- INSEE code
- 16053
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 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.
