Confolens grades B overall: better than 58% of compared French towns, and #16 of 26 in Charente. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Confolens 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 Confolens.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Confolens than in Charente or compared French towns: 66 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Confolens above both Charente’s towns (6.4) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995. The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Confolens: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 15 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Confolens sees more deaths than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 121 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Confolens is above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 997 residents of Confolens died, against 588 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 70% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+21%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw170
Adjusted121
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Confolens · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Confolens
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 39% of people in Confolens are 65 or over, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Confolens comes above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 10% of the town.
58.2median age
ConfolensCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Confolens than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.21/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Confolens, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Only one of the 26 towns in Charente costs less to buy into than Confolens, whose median sale is €934/m².
€934/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Confolens€934/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€934/m²
121
€8.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.49/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Confolens are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.5%
Confolens sits above both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Confolens has 2,250 jobs for 850 working residents, 2.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,280 a year per consumption unit.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
2,250
jobs based in Confolens, 2.6 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Confolens has more crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 71 offenses in the graded categories in Confolens in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 3.5% of the index here.
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Family violence19
Sexual violence11
Other physical violence9
Burglary9
Fraud26
Theft without violence12
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
71
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Vieux Pont: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison dite du Duc d'Epernon: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Émile Roux: Henri Manuel, Public domain · Anatole Baju: "Thermoz Photos", Public domain · Gaston Gross: Gaston Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antoine Babaud-Lacroze: Maurice Dulac, Public domain · Charles Boreau-Lajanadie: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Confolens’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Confolens
Is Confolens safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #17 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Confolens good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #9 of 23 in Charente. The lycée stands out: 97% of 136 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Émile Roux in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Confolens expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €934/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Confolens grades A for cost of living.
About Confolens
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Confolens is a commune of 2,730 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.
