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La ChapelleCharente

A town of 175 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is La Chapelle a good place to live?

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

What makes La Chapelle stand out

The one thing La Chapelle does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in La Chapelle

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré de Lanville, in Marcillac-Lanville, 1.9 mi away.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chapelle.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of La Chapelle, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

La Chapelle sits below both Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of the population.

51.2median age
La ChapelleCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Chapelle
La ChapelleCharente medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–2413%9.6%11%
25–4417%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+25%28%22%
No diploma26%22%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat11%19%18%
Higher education23%25%30%

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

Work & commute

La Chapelle has higher unemployment than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 15.4%

That puts La Chapelle above both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). La Chapelle has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in La Chapelle, 0.2 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in La Chapelle costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.76/m² a month

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

On this, La Chapelle is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Chapelle€8.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.04/m² a month)
€7.76/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 La Chapelle

12pages on La Chapelle

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from La Chapelle

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chapelle yet.

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La Chapelle’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 →
RouillacLa BoixeChampniersFléacSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteGond-PontouvreRouillacLa BoixeChampniersFléacSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteGond-PontouvreLa Chapelle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Chapelle175—————
Rouillac2,9196.1BAB−B
La Boixe2,8416.6AA−AC+
Champniers5,28112B+A−BB
Fléac3,86112AA−A+C−
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente7,53912BBC+B+
Gond-Pontouvre5,86213CB+DC−

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

About La Chapelle

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Chapelle is a commune of 175 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente. 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
175 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3 sq mi (7.7 km²)
INSEE code
16081

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.