Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,862 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Gond-Pontouvre grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 23 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 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.
The one thing Gond-Pontouvre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gond-Pontouvre 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 Gond-Pontouvre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manufacture de papiers Hébert, in Angoulême, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums and heritage in and near Gond-Pontouvre. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Angoulême3.1 km south, in Angoulême
MuseumMusée de la Société archéologique et historique de la Charente3 km south, in Angoulême
MuseumMusée du papier d'Angoulême2.6 km southwest, in Angoulême
MuseumLe Nil2.7 km southwest, in AngoulêmeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Ausone3.1 km southwest, in AngoulêmePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gond-Pontouvre.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Gond-Pontouvre show 161 offenses in 2025. The town has 3,150 jobs for 2,550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Gond-Pontouvre: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 970 residents of Gond-Pontouvre died, against 752 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Women in Charente live to 85.7 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 92% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.91/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 230 homes in Gond-Pontouvre.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,583/m² | 211 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree. Also worth knowing: at 46.5, the median resident of Gond-Pontouvre sits in the middle of the age range.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gond-Pontouvre | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,360 a year per consumption unit, about level with Charente’s towns (€24,645) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 5.7% of Gond-Pontouvre’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Gond-Pontouvre didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #17 of 23 in Charente on results. At the five general lycées, 96% of 1,160 candidates passed the bac, 0.9 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 87%−4 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite de ValoisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 352 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Michelle PalletBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 47 | 74%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gond-Pontouvre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Gond-Pontouvre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gond-Pontouvre | 5,862 | — | C | B+ | D | C− |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,682 | 1.6 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 1.8 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 1.9 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
| Soyaux | 10,087 | 2.4 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 7,408 | 2.7 | C+ | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Champniers | 5,281 | 3.1 | B+ | A− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #22 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 75 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #17 of 23 in Charente. 96% of 352 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marguerite de Valois in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.87/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gond-Pontouvre grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gond-Pontouvre is a commune of 5,862 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.