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A town of 1,123 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Chassors has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,593/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Chassors does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chassors 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chassors; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chassors.
The median disposable income was €26,810 a year per consumption unit, above Charente’s towns (€24,645) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 4.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs located in Chassors: 200, for 500 residents in work (0.3 each). The jobless rate is 7.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Chassors is 90.0%, near Charente’s towns (88.8%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 5.6 mi away. A collège lies 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LartautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 90%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Charente, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 79 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. After the care-home adjustment, Chassors’ deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, higher than both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Chassors died, against 107 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
37 sales of houses and apartments in Chassors, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,593/m². House rents are put at about €8.85/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €10.91/m² a month, about level with Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,593/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, between Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Chassors: 50.2, the median.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chassors | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chassors; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people averaged 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 4.5. The commonest graded crime in Chassors was other physical violence (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 81.6% of the index here.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Chassors. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Saint-Martial4.6 km southeast, in JarnacRuinsRuinsAbbaye Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Châtres4.7 km southwest, in Saint-BriceChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bourg-Charente4.4 km southwest, in Bourg-CharenteMuseumMuseumMaison natale de François Mitterrand3.9 km southeast, in JarnacChâteauChâteauLogis de Nanclas2.7 km south, in JarnacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Chassors has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Montjourdain: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chassors as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassors | 1,123 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Jarnac | 4,486 | 2.4 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
| Châteaubernard | 3,878 | 5.8 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Cognac | 18,532 | 6.2 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Val-de-Cognac | 3,471 | 8 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Rouillac | 2,919 | 8.5 | B | A | B− | B |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 3,550 | 11 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chassors has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 84% 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 €1,593/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chassors grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chassors is a commune of 1,123 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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.