Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 582 residents, it is a town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Puyréaux falls below the line for grades.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puyréaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Nanclars, 1.6 mi away.
18% 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 Puyréaux.
Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.5%, below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Puyréaux is 44.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Puyréaux | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Puyréaux number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €24,850 a year per consumption unit, near Charente’s towns (€24,645) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Puyréaux didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 14.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alfred RenoleauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 62 | 90%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.59/m² a month. The market in Puyréaux: 24 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Puyréaux. Best known first.
Nothing in Puyréaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Puyréaux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyréaux | 582 | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Boixe | 2,841 | 7.8 | A | A− | A | C+ |
| Brie | 4,125 | 9.8 | A+ | A− | A+ | B− |
| Champniers | 5,281 | 10 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Ruffec | 3,449 | 11 | B+ | A− | D− | B |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,111 | 12 | B | A− | C+ | C |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | 4,025 | 12 | B+ | B | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Puyréaux is a commune of 582 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
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.