Nanteuil-en-Vallée’s strongest subject is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Nanteuil-en-Vallée 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.
Each subject compares Nanteuil-en-Vallée 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Ancienne abbaye · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nanteuil-en-Vallée’s story
Nanteuil-en-Vallée in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Nanteuil-en-Vallée: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nanteuil-en-Vallée.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Nanteuil-en-Vallée than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.45/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,198/m², below both Charente’s towns (€1,635/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 92 houses and apartments changed hands in Nanteuil-en-Vallée from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,198/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nanteuil-en-Vallée€1,198/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,198/m²
92
€8.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.72 to €10.64/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,820
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val de Charente
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Nanteuil-en-Vallée sees more deaths than 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (17 places) counts its residents as Nanteuil-en-Vallée’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. 208 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 189: 10% above. Life expectancy in Charente: 85.7 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Nanteuil-en-Vallée have one GP on hand.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Nanteuil-en-Vallée · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Ruffec
26.1 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
Older residents shape Nanteuil-en-Vallée: 33% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Charente’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.4% of residents. Under-15s account for 13% of the population.
54.8median age
Nanteuil-en-ValléeCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Nanteuil-en-Vallée are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.3%
Median disposable income comes to €22,670 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 3.8% of working residents in Nanteuil-en-Vallée to work at the census. At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Nanteuil-en-Vallée didn’t travel to work at all.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Nanteuil-en-Vallée, 0.5 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Nanteuil-en-Vallée: 47% 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.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Nanteuil-en-Vallée: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne abbaye. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Nanteuil-en-Vallée: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Chapelle du Boisaugeais: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir d'Aizecq: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Nanteuil-en-Vallée
One notable person was born in Nanteuil-en-Vallée.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Nanteuil-en-Vallée
Is Nanteuil-en-Vallée safe?
Nanteuil-en-Vallée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Nanteuil-en-Vallée expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nanteuil-en-Vallée grades A for cost of living.
About Nanteuil-en-Vallée
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nanteuil-en-Vallée is a commune of 1,354 people in the Communauté de communes Val 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
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.
