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Le TâtreCharente

A town of 431 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Le Tâtre a good place to live?

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

Commanderie Saint-Jean
Commanderie Saint-Jean · Inscrit · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Tâtre’s story

Le Tâtre in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Le Tâtre; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1992First protected: Commanderie Saint-Jean
  • 2021Most recently protected: Monument commémoratif à Paul Nozal
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Tâtre.

History

Old homes shape Le Tâtre: 16% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Le Tâtre; none is classé, France’s top protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
13th 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 20% of Le Tâtre, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns

Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Charente’s towns (9.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 17% of adults.

42.9median age
Le TâtreCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Tâtre
Le TâtreCharente medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–249.3%9.6%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+21%28%22%
No diploma24%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education17%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Le Tâtre are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.7%

6.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs located in Le Tâtre: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.5 each). Half of residents lived on more than €24,250 a year per consumption unit, near Charente’s towns (€24,645) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Le Tâtre, 0.5 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
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 Le Tâtre costs less than in both Charente’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.08/m² a month

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

The market in Le Tâtre: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Tâtre€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.18 to €11.49/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Baignes and 2 more in and around Le Tâtre

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Tâtre. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Le Tâtre

12pages on Le Tâtre

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Le Tâtre; none is classé, France’s top protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Commanderie Saint-Jean: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Le Tâtre

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Tâtre yet.

How we find them →

Le Tâtre’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-HilaireJonzacMontendreChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteRoullet-Saint-EstèpheBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireJonzacMontendreChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteRoullet-Saint-EstèpheLe Tâtre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Tâtre431—————
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire4,7265.6B−B+C−C+
Jonzac Charente-Maritime3,60212DC+D−D
Montendre Charente-Maritime3,22213C+BC−C+
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente3,55015AA−A−C+
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe4,35718B+B+A+B

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

About Le Tâtre

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Le Tâtre is a commune of 431 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
431 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
INSEE code
16380

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.