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LongréCharente

A town of 193 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Longré a good place to live?

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

What makes Longré stand out

The 2 things Longré does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Logis de Cherconnay
Logis de Cherconnay · Inscrit · Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Longré’s story

Longré in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Longré, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1991First protected: Logis de Cherconnay
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longré.

Who lives here

An older town: 37% of people in Longré are 65 or over, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

On this, Longré is above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 11% of the town.

60.1median age
LongréCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 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.

Ages and diplomas in Longré
LongréCharente medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–248.8%9.6%11%
25–4412%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+37%28%22%
No diploma28%22%19%
CAP or BEP29%30%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education16%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Longré: 52% 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.

In the comparison, Longré comes above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Longré, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1991
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Longré are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.9%

For Longré, that is below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Longré has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,570 a year per consumption unit.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Longré, 0.3 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
17%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Longré than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.75/m² a month

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

Longré sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Longré€9.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.48 to €12.72/m² a month)
€6.88/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 Longré

12pages on Longré

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Logis de Cherconnay: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Longré

One notable person was born in Longré.

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Longré’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 →
RuffecRouillacMelleLa BoixeCivrayRuffecRouillacMelleLa BoixeCivrayLongré
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Longré193—————
Ruffec3,44910B+A−D−B
Rouillac2,91915BAB−B
Melle Deux-Sèvres5,75217AAC+B−
La Boixe2,84118AA−AC+
Civray Vienne2,52218AA+B+A−

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

About Longré

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Longré is a commune of 193 people in the Communauté de communes Val de 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
193 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.8 km²)
INSEE code
16190

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.