Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,246 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Nersac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,506/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Nersac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nersac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Nersac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
12% 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 Nersac.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Nersac is below both Charente’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Élisabeth et Robert BadinterNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 80%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 33 offenses in the graded categories in Nersac in 2025. With 1,400 jobs for 900 working residents, Nersac draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. 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, 21.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Nersac comes above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 231 residents of Nersac died, against 217 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,506/m², close to Charente’s towns (€1,635/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,504/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Nersac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Nersac, that is below both Charente’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Nersac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nersac sits above both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. 6.5% 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
Heritage in and near Nersac. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Nersac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moulin à papier de Fleurac: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Nersac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nersac | 2,246 | — | — | B+ | A | D |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 2.4 | C | B | D | C+ |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,357 | 2.5 | B+ | B+ | A+ | B |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 2.9 | B | B | C | B |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 3.7 | A | A− | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 5.1 | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 5.2 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.55/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Nersac grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nersac is a commune of 2,246 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.