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A town of 223 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Mouton a good place to live?

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

What makes Mouton stand out

The one thing Mouton does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martial
Église Saint-Martial · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mouton’s story

Mouton in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mouton: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1955.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1955First protected: Église Saint-Martial
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mouton.

Who lives here

Mouton has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

Mouton sits below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.

47.7median age
MoutonCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mouton
MoutonCharente medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–248.4%9.6%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+26%28%22%
No diploma17%22%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education28%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Mouton: 42% 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.

That puts Mouton above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mouton: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mouton is Église Saint-Martial.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1955
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Mouton than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 2.1%

On this, Mouton is below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Mouton has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Mouton, 0.2 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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.

In the comparison, Mouton comes 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

Mouton90.0%
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 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 Mouton than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.76/m² a month

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

For Mouton, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mouton€8.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.04/m² a month)
€8.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Bayers and 3 more in and around Mouton

Heritage and museums in and near Mouton. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mouton

13pages on Mouton

Landmarks

Mouton has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martial: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Mouton

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

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Mouton’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 →
RuffecLa BoixeBrieChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureChampniersLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisRuffecLa BoixeBrieChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureChampniersLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisMouton
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mouton223—————
Ruffec3,4499.7B+A−D−B
La Boixe2,84110AA−AC+
Brie4,12511A+A−A+B−
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,11111BA−C+C
Champniers5,28112B+A−BB
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,02513B+BB−A+

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

About Mouton

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Mouton is a commune of 223 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
223 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.5 sq mi (9.1 km²)
INSEE code
16237

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.