Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 707: a town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Les Métairies isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Métairies counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Métairies.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Les Métairies is Tumulus et camp.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
23% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Charente’s towns (28%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children are 17% of the town. Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Les Métairies | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 7.4%. The median disposable income was €28,240 a year per consumption unit, above both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970). Les Métairies has 50 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean LartautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 90%+4 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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 14 homes in Les Métairies. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.85/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Les Métairies. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Saint-Martial2.9 km south, in JarnacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montjourdain2.1 km west, in ChassorsChâteauChâteauLogis de Nanclas2.2 km southwest, in JarnacChâteauChâteauChâteau des Chabannes3 km south, in JarnacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cressé4.3 km southwest, in Bourg-CharentePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Les Métairies has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tumulus et camp: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Métairies yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Métairies | 707 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jarnac | 4,486 | 1.4 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
| Châteaubernard | 3,878 | 7.1 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Cognac | 18,532 | 7.7 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Rouillac | 2,919 | 7.8 | B | A | B− | B |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 3,550 | 9.3 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
| Val-de-Cognac | 3,471 | 9.7 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Métairies is a commune of 707 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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 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.