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LessacCharente

A town of 549 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Lessac a good place to live?

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

What makes Lessac stand out

The 3 things Lessac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen converti en chapelle dite de la Madeleine
Dolmen converti en chapelle dite de la Madeleine · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lessac’s story

Lessac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lessac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1900.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1900First protected: Dolmen converti en chapelle dite de la Madeleine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lessac.

Who lives here

Few people in Lessac are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Lessac below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 31% of the population.

53.3median age
LessacCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Lessac
LessacCharente medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–247.1%9.6%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+31%28%22%
No diploma27%22%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education21%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Lessac: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

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

On this, Lessac is above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lessac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lessac is Dolmen converti en chapelle dite de la Madeleine.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1900
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Lessac are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.5%

In the comparison, Lessac comes below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Lessac has 100 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €22,640 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Lessac, 0.4 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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 Lessac costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.39/m² a month

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

For Lessac, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €847/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Lessac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€847/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Lessac€847/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€847/m²30
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.56 to €10.73/m² a month)
€6.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Germain-de-Confolens and 2 more in and around Lessac

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

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lessac

13pages on Lessac

Landmarks

Lessac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen converti en chapelle dite de la Madeleine: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Lessac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lessac yet.

How we find them →

Lessac’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 →
ConfolensTerres-de-Haute-CharenteSaint-JunienConfolensTerres-de-Haute-CharenteSaint-JunienLessac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lessac549—————
Confolens2,7303.4BAC+D−
Terres-de-Haute-Charente3,77713B−AB+D
Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne11,41516A−AB−B

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

About Lessac

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lessac is a commune of 549 people in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. 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
549 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
13.3 sq mi (34.3 km²)
INSEE code
16181

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.