Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 5,682: a town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. L'Isle-d'Espagnac grades A− overall, better than 82% of compared French towns, and ranks #9 of 26 in Charente. Fewer journeys need a car: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,762/m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things L'Isle-d'Espagnac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Isle-d'Espagnac 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 L'Isle-d'Espagnac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Angoulême, 2.1 mi away.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near L'Isle-d'Espagnac. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Angoulême3.7 km southwest, in Angoulême
MuseumMusée de la Société archéologique et historique de la Charente3.1 km southwest, in Angoulême
MuseumMusée du papier d'Angoulême3.6 km west, in AngoulêmeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Ausone4.1 km west, in AngoulêmeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Cybard3.7 km west, in AngoulêmePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Isle-d'Espagnac.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
978 deaths in L'Isle-d'Espagnac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,010: 3% below. Women in Charente live to 85.7 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 8 GPs practise in the town.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Per resident in work, L'Isle-d'Espagnac counts 2.1 jobs (4,700 jobs, 2,200 workers). The median disposable income was €25,300 a year per consumption unit, close to both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 11.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15% are under 15, close to Charente’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,762/m², comes from 241 sales of houses and apartments in L'Isle-d'Espagnac from July 2023 to June 2026. The town is the second most expensive of the 26 towns in Charente, at €1,762/m². A house in L'Isle-d'Espagnac goes for €1,740/m², an apartment for €1,891/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,740/m² | 211 |
| Apartments | €1,891/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.1. Police and gendarmerie recorded 109 offenses in L'Isle-d'Espagnac in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in L'Isle-d'Espagnac (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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 2.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 0.8 mi away. Results rank its schools #18 of 23 in Charente.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 84%−9 pts |
| Lycée Marguerite de ValoisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 352 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Romain RollandBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 49 | 65%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in L'Isle-d'Espagnac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in L'Isle-d'Espagnac.
Maxime Amblard: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yassin Boutemmani: Mimille16160, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,682 | — | A− | B | B | A− |
| Soyaux | 10,087 | 1.3 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Gond-Pontouvre | 5,862 | 1.6 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 7,408 | 1.8 | C+ | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre | 3,255 | 2 | A | A− | A+ | A− |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 2.1 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 3.2 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #10 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #18 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,762/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.03/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so L'Isle-d'Espagnac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
L'Isle-d'Espagnac is a commune of 5,682 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 November 4, 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.