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Lagarde-sur-le-NéCharente

Population 189: a town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Lagarde-sur-le-Né a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Lagarde-sur-le-Né is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Église Saint-Pierre
Église Saint-Pierre · Inscrit · Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lagarde-sur-le-Né’s story

Lagarde-sur-le-Né in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lagarde-sur-le-Né, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1992First protected: Église Saint-Pierre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagarde-sur-le-Né.

History

Lagarde-sur-le-Né keeps more of its old housing than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lagarde-sur-le-Né, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1992
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 14% of Lagarde-sur-le-Né, fewer than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns

Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, lower than Charente’s towns (28%) and near compared French towns (22%). Half of Lagarde-sur-le-Né is older than 46.6, half younger.

46.6median age
Lagarde-sur-le-NéCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lagarde-sur-le-Né
Lagarde-sur-le-NéCharente medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.9%9.6%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+21%28%22%
No diploma21%22%19%
CAP or BEP26%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education25%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Lagarde-sur-le-Né, 6.7%, runs below Charente’s towns and compared French towns

For its 100 residents in work, Lagarde-sur-le-Né has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. 5.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 8.1% of working residents in Lagarde-sur-le-Né didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Lagarde-sur-le-Né, 0.6 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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 Lagarde-sur-le-Né costs less than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.71/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.46/m² a month. Lagarde-sur-le-Né recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lagarde-sur-le-Né€9.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€8.46/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 Lagarde-sur-le-Né

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Landmarks

Lagarde-sur-le-Né has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Lagarde-sur-le-Né

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lagarde-sur-le-Né yet.

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Lagarde-sur-le-Né’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 →
Barbezieux-Saint-HilaireChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteJarnacJonzacChâteaubernardRoullet-Saint-EstèpheBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteJarnacJonzacChâteaubernardRoullet-Saint-EstèpheLagarde-sur-le-Né
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lagarde-sur-le-Né189—————
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire4,7263.7B−B+C−C+
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente3,5509.5AA−A−C+
Jarnac4,48612AB+C+B
Jonzac Charente-Maritime3,60212DC+D−D
Châteaubernard3,87813A+B+B+A
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe4,35713B+B+A+B

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

About Lagarde-sur-le-Né

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lagarde-sur-le-Né is a commune of 189 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud 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
189 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
16178

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 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.