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MontméracCharente

A town of 730 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Montmérac a good place to live?

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

What makes Montmérac stand out

The one thing Montmérac does most differently from other towns.

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Montmérac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Montmérac’s story

No historic monuments in Montmérac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Montmérac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Reignac, 2.3 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Montmérac has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24

The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, between Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Montmérac is 51.5 years old.

51.5median age
MontméracCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montmérac
MontméracCharente medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–247.3%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+29%28%22%
No diploma20%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education26%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Montmérac has lower unemployment than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%

For its 300 residents in work, Montmérac has 150 jobs: 0.5 each. Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,200 a year per consumption unit, near both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Montmérac, 0.5 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

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

The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.5 mi off.

85.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Montmérac85.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé catholique Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège4685%−2 pts
85.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Montmérac than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.71/m² a month

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

The market in Montmérac: 18 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.86/m² a month.

€9.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montmérac€9.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.53/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Montmérac

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Landmarks

Nothing in Montmérac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Montmérac

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

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Montmérac’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 →
Barbezieux-Saint-HilaireJonzacChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteMontendreRoullet-Saint-EstèpheJarnacBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireJonzacChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteMontendreRoullet-Saint-EstèpheJarnacMontmérac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montmérac730—————
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire4,7263.4B−B+C−C+
Jonzac Charente-Maritime3,60211DC+D−D
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente3,55013AA−A−C+
Montendre Charente-Maritime3,22214C+BC−C+
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe4,35716B+B+A+B
Jarnac4,48616AB+C+B

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

About Montmérac

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Montmérac is a commune of 730 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud 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
730 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
9 sq mi (23.2 km²)
INSEE code
16224

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.