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A town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 2,088 people.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong (B+): brevet results at the expected rate. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.7 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mansle-les-Fontaines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Mansle-les-Fontaines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mansle-les-Fontaines 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.
Mansle-les-Fontaines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mansle-les-Fontaines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de la Folatière, in Luxé, 2.1 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mansle-les-Fontaines.
15% are under 15, near Charente’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Line up the people of Mansle-les-Fontaines by age and the one in the middle is 51.2.
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.
| Mansle-les-Fontaines | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.37/m² a month. Mansle-les-Fontaines recorded 75 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.27/m² a month, near Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,125/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alfred RenoleauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 90%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €23,040 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.9% of Mansle-les-Fontaines’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 8.6 cases of violence against people and 11.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). With 1,250 jobs for 700 working residents, Mansle-les-Fontaines draws people in from neighbouring communes. The police record for Mansle-les-Fontaines lists 43 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.1% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 472 residents of Mansle-les-Fontaines died, against 381 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Its two care homes for older people (132 places) count their residents as Mansle-les-Fontaines’; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Mansle-les-Fontaines is Centre hospitalier de Ruffec, 10.3 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Mansle-les-Fontaines. Best known first.
Nothing in Mansle-les-Fontaines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Mansle-les-Fontaines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansle-les-Fontaines | 2,088 | — | — | B+ | B | B− |
| La Boixe | 2,841 | 8.4 | A | A− | A | C+ |
| Ruffec | 3,449 | 10 | B+ | A− | D− | B |
| Brie | 4,125 | 11 | A+ | A− | A+ | B− |
| Champniers | 5,281 | 12 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Rouillac | 2,919 | 13 | B | A | B− | B |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,111 | 13 | B | A− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mansle-les-Fontaines grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mansle-les-Fontaines is a commune of 2,088 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
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 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.