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A town of 1,051 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Nercillac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Nercillac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nercillac 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Nercillac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Châtres, in Saint-Brice, 1.9 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nercillac.
On this, Nercillac is below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Nercillac has 150 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 3.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Nercillac comes below both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
For Nercillac, that is below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Nercillac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Nercillac in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Nercillac. Best known first.
Nothing in Nercillac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Nercillac.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nercillac | 1,051 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Châteaubernard | 3,878 | 3.9 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A |
| Cognac | 18,532 | 4 | B | B+ | D | C+ |
| Jarnac | 4,486 | 4.7 | A | B+ | C+ | B |
| Val-de-Cognac | 3,471 | 5.4 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
| Rouillac | 2,919 | 10 | B | A | B− | B |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 3,550 | 13 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nercillac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nercillac is a commune of 1,051 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. 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
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.