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OradourCharente

A town of 163 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Oradour a good place to live?

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

What makes Oradour stand out

The 2 things Oradour does most differently from other towns.

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Oradour’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Oradour’s story

No historic monuments in Oradour

The Culture ministry lists no building in Oradour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Fraigne, in Saint-Fraigne, 3.3 mi away.

45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oradour.

Who lives here

An older town: 45% of people in Oradour are 65 or over, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

Oradour sits above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 7% of the population.

61.9median age
OradourCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Oradour
OradourCharente medianFrance median
Under 157%15%17%
15–246.4%9.6%11%
25–4417%21%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+45%28%22%
No diploma28%22%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat12%19%18%
Higher education19%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Oradour are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.7%

That puts Oradour below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Oradour has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €22,930 a year per consumption unit.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
0
jobs based in Oradour, 0.3 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Oradour is €10.09/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Oradour€10.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€10.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.18 to €12.44/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Oradour

11pages on Oradour

Landmarks

Nothing in Oradour is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Oradour

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

How we find them →

Oradour’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 →
RouillacLa BoixeRuffecChampniersFléacJarnacRouillacLa BoixeRuffecChampniersFléacJarnacOradour
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Oradour163—————
Rouillac2,9198.4BAB−B
La Boixe2,84112AA−AC+
Ruffec3,44913B+A−D−B
Champniers5,28117B+A−BB
Fléac3,86117AA−A+C−
Jarnac4,48617AB+C+B

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

About Oradour

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Oradour is a commune of 163 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
163 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
INSEE code
16248

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.