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A town of 2,115 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Linars has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Linars does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Linars with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Linars: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Linars.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Linars sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,591/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Linars from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,595/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Linars above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Linars | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Linars is below both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Linars: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Linars is Église Saint-Pierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Linars is 71.0%, below both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège PuygrelierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 93%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel SillacNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 63 | 71%−13 pts |
| Collège Michelle PalletBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 47 | 74%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Linars comes below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €26,770 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Linars. Best known first.
Linars has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Linars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linars | 2,115 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 1.3 | A | A− | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 1.6 | B | B | C | B |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 2.8 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 3.2 | C | B | D | C+ |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 3.7 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
| Gond-Pontouvre | 5,862 | 4.4 | C | B+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Linars has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,591/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Linars grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Linars is a commune of 2,115 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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) · 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.