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A town of 1,589 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Chabanais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment. At the median price of €909/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chabanais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chabanais 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 no building in Chabanais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André, in Exideuil-sur-Vienne, 2.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Chabanais. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chabanais.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de la QuintinieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 50 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Chabanais sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €909/m², comes from 89 sales of houses and apartments in Chabanais from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €905/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Chabanais above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 11% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Chabanais | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Chabanais is above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 372 residents of Chabanais died, against 321 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% 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
In the comparison, Chabanais comes above both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €22,590 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Chabanais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Chabanais.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabanais | 1,589 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Rochechouart Haute-Vienne | 3,603 | 6.2 | A | A | A | B+ |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente | 3,777 | 6.4 | B− | A | B+ | D |
| Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne | 11,415 | 8.9 | A− | A | B− | B |
| Confolens | 2,730 | 10 | B | A | C+ | D− |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,111 | 13 | B | A− | C+ | C |
| Oradour-sur-Glane Haute-Vienne | 2,550 | 15 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chabanais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 550 working residents, Chabanais draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €909/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chabanais grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chabanais is a commune of 1,589 people in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. 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.