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Population 617: a town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so La Faye has none. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.
The one thing La Faye does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Faye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Barthélémy, in Raix, 2.4 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Faye.
Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 29% of the population. The median resident of La Faye is 53 years old.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Faye | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
La Faye holds 200 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,900 a year per consumption unit, about level with Charente’s towns (€24,645) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 6.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Faye, 91.0% passed the bac, below both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.2 mi away. The nearest collège is 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de CharenteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 40 | 92%+8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Louise MichelNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 22 | 91%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
La Faye recorded 17 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near La Faye. Best known first.
RuinsChapelle Saint-Blaise de Ruffec4.2 km east, in RuffecChâteauChâteauLa Guérenne4.7 km north, in BernacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in La Faye is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Faye as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Faye is a commune of 617 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
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.