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LuxéCharente

A town of 748 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Luxé a good place to live?

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

What makes Luxé stand out

The 3 things Luxé does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen de la Folatière
Dolmen de la Folatière · Classé · Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Luxé’s story

Luxé in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Luxé: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1889First protected: Dolmen dans le tumulus dit La Motte-de-la-Garde
  • 1957Most recently protected: Tumulus de la Folatière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Luxé.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Luxé: 34% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Luxé comes above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population.

55median age
LuxéCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Luxé
LuxéCharente medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–248.7%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+34%28%22%
No diploma25%22%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education17%25%30%

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

History

Luxé keeps more of its old housing than Charente or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

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

For Luxé, that is above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Luxé: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Luxé is Dolmen dans le tumulus dit La Motte-de-la-Garde.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Luxé run lower than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: a median €22,020 a year per consumption unit

Luxé sits below both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Luxé has 150 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 7.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Luxé, 0.5 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,020
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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Luxé close to Charente’s towns (88.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Luxé90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alfred RenoleauNearest collègeCollègeCollège6290%±0 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Buying in Luxé costs less than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,153/m²

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

On this, Luxé is below both Charente’s towns (€1,635/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).

€1,153/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Luxé€1,153/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,153/m²43
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €14.31/m² a month)
€7.26/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

Dolmens des Pérottes and 5 more in and around Luxé

Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Luxé. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Luxé

14pages on Luxé

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Luxé: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen dans le tumulus dit La Motte-de-la-Garde: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de la Maison de la Vieille: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de la Folatière: Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Luxé

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

How we find them →

Luxé’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 →
La BoixeRuffecRouillacChampniersBrieSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteLa BoixeRuffecRouillacChampniersBrieSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteLuxé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Luxé748—————
La Boixe2,8418.8AA−AC+
Ruffec3,44910B+A−D−B
Rouillac2,91911BAB−B
Champniers5,28113B+A−BB
Brie4,12513A+A−A+B−
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente7,53915BBC+B+

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

About Luxé

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Luxé is a commune of 748 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur 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
748 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
16196

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.