Rivières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 78% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rivières 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rivières.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Rivières sees more deaths than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 178 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Rivières is above both Charente’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 743 residents of Rivières died, against 418 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 78% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+78%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw178
Adjusted178
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Rivières · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
11.5 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
On foot, Rivières works less well than 98% of compared French towns
3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 7.1% of the labour force are out of work. Rivières has 500 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Rivières, 0.7 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Rivières: 34% are 65 or over, above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Rivières comes above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.9% of the town.
51.8median age
RivièresCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Rivières costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.76/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Rivières, that is below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,644/m², comes from 54 sales of houses and apartments in Rivières from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,644/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rivières€1,644/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,644/m²
54
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.04/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Rivières keeps more of its old housing than Charente or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Rivières sits above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Rivières, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rivières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 5 offenses in the graded categories in Rivières in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 56.4% of the index here.
2.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Theft without violence12
Fraud9
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.
2.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
56.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rivières
Is Rivières safe?
Rivières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Rivières good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rivières expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,644/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rivières grades A− for cost of living.
About Rivières
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivières is a commune of 2,015 people in the Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord. 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
2,015 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
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.
