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A town of 136 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 30% of residents are 65 or over.

Is La Chèvrerie a good place to live?

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

What makes La Chèvrerie stand out

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

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

No historic monuments in La Chèvrerie

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Madeleine, in La Magdeleine, 3.1 mi away.

36% 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 Chèvrerie.

Who lives here

Few people in La Chèvrerie are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

That puts La Chèvrerie below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 12% of the town.

56.5median age
La ChèvrerieCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 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.

Ages and diplomas in La Chèvrerie
La ChèvrerieCharente medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–246.6%9.6%11%
25–4417%21%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+30%28%22%
No diploma17%22%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat28%19%18%
Higher education18%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in La Chèvrerie than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 0.0%

On this, La Chèvrerie is below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). La Chèvrerie has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,260 a year per consumption unit.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in La Chèvrerie, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points above the expected rate

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

In the comparison, La Chèvrerie comes above both Charente’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Chèvrerie92.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

La Chèvrerie91.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Val de CharenteNearest collègeCollègeCollège4092%+8 pts
Lycée professionnel Louise MichelNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée2291%+7 pts
91%
passed the vocational bac, +7 pts against the expected rate
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +8 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in La Chèvrerie costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.45/m² a month

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

For La Chèvrerie, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.45/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Chèvrerie€8.45/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.72 to €10.64/m² a month)
€7.21/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 Chèvrerie

13pages on La Chèvrerie

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from La Chèvrerie

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

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La Chèvrerie’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 →
RuffecCivrayRuffecCivrayLa Chèvrerie
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Chèvrerie136—————
Ruffec3,4493.1B+A−D−B
Civray Vienne2,52210AA+B+A−

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

About La Chèvrerie

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

La Chèvrerie is a commune of 136 people in the Communauté de communes Val 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
136 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.7 km²)
INSEE code
16098

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.