Montbron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,076/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montbron 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montbron.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Montbron: 36% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Montbron sits above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 12% of residents are children under 15.
57.2median age
MontbronCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Montbron runs lower than in 81% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in the graded categories in Montbron in 2025. With 1,350 jobs for 650 working residents, Montbron draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 23.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence7
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
23.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Montbron is 18.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Montbron. Adjusted for age and care homes, Montbron records 97 deaths per 100 expected, above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Montbron · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
14.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre Clinical Sa
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Montbron than in Charente or compared French towns: 30 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Montbron is above both Charente’s towns (6.4) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Montbron: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Montbron is Grotte de Fontechevade.
Grotte de Fontechevade: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Maurice: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Chabrot: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Ferrières: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montbron
Are schools in Montbron good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montbron expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montbron grades A− for cost of living.
About Montbron
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montbron is a commune of 2,000 people in the Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord. 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
2,000 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
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.
