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A town of 3,861 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Fléac grades A overall: better than 86% of compared French towns, and #8 of 26 in Charente. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 37% 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 €1,859/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 1.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fléac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fléac 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 1 historic monument in Fléac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.
Museums and heritage in and near Fléac. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du papier d'Angoulême4.9 km east, in Angoulême
MuseumLe Nil4.9 km southeast, in AngoulêmeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Ausone4.6 km southeast, in AngoulêmeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Cybard4.9 km southeast, in AngoulêmeFortFortRemparts d'Angoulême4.8 km southeast, in AngoulêmePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fléac.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 42 offenses in the graded categories in Fléac in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Fléac ranks 3rd of the 26 compared towns in Charente. For family violence, 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, 17.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
In the comparison, Fléac comes below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €27,280 a year per consumption unit. Fléac has 1,050 jobs for 1,650 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Fléac, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Fléac is the most expensive of the 26 towns in Charente: its median sale is €1,859/m². The median price, €1,859/m², comes from 132 sales of houses and apartments in Fléac from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,876/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Fléac sits above both Charente’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michelle PalletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 74%+21 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Paul PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 145 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Paul PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 169 | 98%+3 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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Fléac records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Fléac died, against 399 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. 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
That puts Fléac below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Fléac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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 lists 1 historic monument in Fléac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Fléac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fléac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fléac | 3,861 | — | A | A− | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 1.9 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 2.2 | B | B | C | B |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 3.5 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
| Gond-Pontouvre | 5,862 | 3.6 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 4.2 | C | B | D | C+ |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,682 | 5 | A− | B | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #5 of 23 in Charente. 99% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Paul in 2025, at 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 €1,859/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fléac grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Fléac is a commune of 3,861 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
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.