Is Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure a good place to live?
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure earns a B, better than 61% of compared French towns. It ranks #15 of 26 in Charente. Pupils here do better than most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. The catch is jobs & income (C) — 1.4 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 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 Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure hold a degree than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 17%
Children under 15 make up 14%, near Charente’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 32% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town.
52median age
Chasseneuil-sur-BonnieureCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure sells for €1,200/m², less than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.47/m² a month, lower than both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.30/m² a month. The market in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure: 87 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,200/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure€1,200/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,200/m²
86
€9.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.34 to €12.23/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure is 16.4 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure records 94 deaths per 100 expected, above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The town has 8 family doctors. Life expectancy in Charente: 85.7 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 461 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 486, 5% more.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Confolens
17.5 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
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure: 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure ranks above 56% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.5 violent offenses and 12.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 74 offenses reached the police record in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (1,550 to 1,150): it draws people in from around. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Burglary17
Family violence11
Other physical violence11
Sexual violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence10
Drug use7
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
74
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure run lower than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,750 a year per consumption unit
The unemployment rate comes to 12.0%. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,550
jobs based in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, 1.4 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure
Is Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #15 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure good?
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #6 of 23 in Charente. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure grades A− for cost of living.
About Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure is a commune of 3,111 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
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.
