Dignac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 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.
Each subject compares Dignac 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 Dignac.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Dignac costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.11/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Dignac comes below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,287/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in Dignac from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,287/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Dignac€1,287/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,251/m²
50
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.23/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24 and 26% are 65 or over, against 9.6% and 28% in the median compared commune of Charente. 26% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Charente 25%, France 30%).
46.6median age
DignacCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Dignac keeps more of its old housing than Charente or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Dignac sits above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Dignac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Dignac is Église Saint-Cybard.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Dignac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Dignac died, against 142 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Dignac · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
6.9 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
Dignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 12 offenses in the graded categories in Dignac in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 51.5% of the index here.
4.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence7
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
Theft without violence5
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.
4.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
51.5%
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 Dignac
Is Dignac safe?
Dignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Dignac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,287/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dignac grades A for cost of living.
About Dignac
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Dignac is a commune of 1,362 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.
