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BrettesCharente

A town of 162 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Brettes a good place to live?

Brettes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Brettes stand out

The 2 things Brettes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Brettes’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Brettes’ story

No historic monuments in Brettes

The Culture ministry lists no building in Brettes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maixent, in Empuré, 1.5 mi away.

50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brettes.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Brettes hold a degree than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 16%

For Brettes, that is below both Charente’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 13% of residents.

54.9median age
BrettesCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brettes
BrettesCharente medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–248.6%9.6%11%
25–4415%21%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+28%28%22%
No diploma28%22%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education16%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Brettes than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €19,740 a year per consumption unit

Brettes sits below both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 3.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Brettes has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Brettes, 0.4 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Brettes is €11.04/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€11.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Brettes€11.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €14.31/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Villa gallo-romaine de Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie and 4 more in and around Brettes

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Brettes. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brettes

12pages on Brettes

Landmarks

Nothing in Brettes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Brettes

One notable person was born in Brettes.

Their page →

Brettes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente →
RuffecRouillacCivrayLa BoixeMelleRuffecRouillacCivrayLa BoixeMelleBrettes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brettes162—————
Ruffec3,4498B+A−D−B
Rouillac2,91916BAB−B
Civray Vienne2,52216AA+B+A−
La Boixe2,84117AA−AC+
Melle Deux-Sèvres5,75217AAC+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Brettes

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Brettes is a commune of 162 people in the Communauté de communes Val 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

Population
162 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
16059

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.