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JavrezacCharente

A town of 583 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Javrezac a good place to live?

Javrezac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Javrezac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Javrezac’s story

No historic monuments in Javrezac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Javrezac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges de Richemont, in Val-de-Cognac, 1.4 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château de Cognac and 16 more in and around Javrezac

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Javrezac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Javrezac.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 26% are 65 or over, against 9.6% and 28% in the median compared commune of Charente. 29% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Charente 25%, France 30%).

46.7median age
JavrezacCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Javrezac
JavrezacCharente medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–2410%9.6%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+26%28%22%
No diploma18%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education29%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Javrezac are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.6%

In the comparison, Javrezac comes below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Javrezac has 150 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,550 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Javrezac, 0.5 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 0.6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

96.2% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Javrezac, above both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Javrezac90.7%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Javrezac96.2%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Claude BoucherNearest collègeCollègeCollège7877%−7 pts
Lycée privé Beaulieu PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée68100%+1 pt
Lycée professionnel Louis DelageBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée3992%+7 pts

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98%
passed the general and technological bac, +0.2 pts against the expected rate
91%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
90.7%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −0.6 pts against the expected rate
0.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Javrezac is €10.10/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.10/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Javrezac€10.10/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€10.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.54/m² a month)
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Javrezac

13pages on Javrezac

Landmarks

Nothing in Javrezac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Javrezac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Javrezac yet.

How we find them →

Javrezac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Charente →
CognacChâteaubernardVal-de-CognacJarnacChaniersPonsCognacChâteaubernardVal-de-CognacJarnacChaniersPonsJavrezac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Javrezac583—————
Cognac18,5321.6BB+DC+
Châteaubernard3,8782.6A+B+B+A
Val-de-Cognac3,4713.3AA−A+B+
Jarnac4,4869.1AB+C+B
Chaniers Charente-Maritime3,6519.9—B−—C
Pons Charente-Maritime4,34312C−BC−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Javrezac

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Javrezac is a commune of 583 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

Population
583 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.6 km²)
INSEE code
16169

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.