Montmoreau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montmoreau 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 Montmoreau.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Montmoreau than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Montmoreau sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,112/m², comes from 107 sales of houses and apartments in Montmoreau from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,112/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montmoreau€1,112/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,112/m²
107
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.19 to €10.92/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Lavalette Tude Dronne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Montmoreau: 35% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Montmoreau above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). 12% of residents are children under 15.
55.9median age
MontmoreauCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
Montmoreau records less crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in Montmoreau in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.1 (2023–2025 average). For other physical 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, 13.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
9.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence9
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence5
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.
9.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Montmoreau sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Montmoreau is above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 475 residents of Montmoreau died, against 420 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Montmoreau · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
15.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Montmoreau: 27% 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, Montmoreau comes above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Montmoreau: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Montmoreau is Église Saint-Denis.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montmoreau
Is Montmoreau safe?
It grades A− for safety. With 1,200 jobs for 800 working residents, Montmoreau draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Montmoreau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,112/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montmoreau grades A for cost of living.
About Montmoreau
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montmoreau is a commune of 2,403 people in the Communauté de communes Lavalette Tude Dronne. 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
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.
