Champniers grades B+ overall: better than 71% of compared French towns, and #12 of 26 in Charente. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,643/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Champniers 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 Champniers.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Unemployment in Champniers, 6.3%, runs below Charente’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Champniers comes below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €28,310 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
3,400
jobs based in Champniers, 1.4 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Champniers costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Champniers, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,643/m², comes from 153 sales of houses and apartments in Champniers from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,643/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Champniers€1,643/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,643/m²
153
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €11.43/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
79.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Champniers, below both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #21 of 23 in Charente.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Champniers keeps more of its old housing than Charente or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Champniers above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Champniers: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Champniers is Église Sainte-Eulalie.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Champniers’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 405 residents of Champniers died, against 471 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Champniers · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
5.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre Clinical Sa
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Champniers has less crime per resident than 55% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 122 offenses in the graded categories in Champniers in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.6% of the index here. With 3,400 jobs for 2,350 working residents, Champniers draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles32
Criminal damage30
Sexual violence15
Burglary15
Family violence12
Other physical violence12
Vehicle theft6
Fraud51
Theft without violence33
Drug use15
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
122
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Champniers
Is Champniers safe?
It grades B for safety, #11 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Champniers good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #21 of 23 in Charente. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Champniers expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,643/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Champniers grades A− for cost of living.
About Champniers
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Champniers is a commune of 5,281 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
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.
