Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,878 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Châteaubernard grades A+ overall: better than 98% of compared French towns, and #1 of 26 in Charente. At the median price of €1,755/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 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 health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Châteaubernard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châteaubernard 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Châteaubernard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Séchebec, in Cognac, 0.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Châteaubernard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Histoire de Cognac1.8 km northwest, in Cognac
MuseumMusée des arts du cognac2.1 km northwest, in CognacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cognac2.2 km northwest, in CognacGardenGardenJardin public de Cognac1.9 km northwest, in CognacRuinsRuinsAbbaye Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Châtres4.6 km east, in Saint-BricePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteaubernard.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Châteaubernard comes below both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 433 residents of Châteaubernard died, against 528 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Châteaubernard, 96.2% passed the bac, above both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix GaillardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 93%+2 pts |
| Lycée privé Beaulieu PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 68 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Louis DelageBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 39 | 92%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Châteaubernard, that is below both Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Châteaubernard | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,755/m², comes from 115 sales of houses and apartments in Châteaubernard from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,749/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 62 offenses in the graded categories in Châteaubernard in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 3.4% of the index here. With 5,100 jobs for 1,650 working residents, Châteaubernard draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Châteaubernard sits above both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €26,840 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Châteaubernard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteaubernard yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteaubernard | 3,878 | — | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Cognac | 18,532 | 1.1 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Val-de-Cognac | 3,471 | 5 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Jarnac | 4,486 | 6.7 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
| Chaniers Charente-Maritime | 3,651 | 12 | — | B− | — | C |
| Pons Charente-Maritime | 4,343 | 13 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 3,550 | 14 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #8 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #7 of 23 in Charente. The lycée stands out: 100% of 68 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Beaulieu in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,755/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Châteaubernard grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Châteaubernard is a commune of 3,878 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.