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RouzèdeCharente

A town of 231 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Rouzède a good place to live?

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

What makes Rouzède stand out

The 2 things Rouzède does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Rouzède’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Rouzède’s story

No historic monuments in Rouzède

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Pierre, in Le Lindois, 2.3 mi away.

35% 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 Rouzède.

Who lives here

Rouzède has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 1.7% are 15 to 24

That puts Rouzède below both Charente’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 35% of residents.

60.1median age
RouzèdeCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rouzède
RouzèdeCharente medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–241.7%9.6%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+35%28%22%
No diploma25%22%19%
CAP or BEP21%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education28%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Rouzède walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5%

On this, Rouzède is below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,880 a year per consumption unit. Rouzède has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.7 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Rouzède, 0.7 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
15%
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 Rouzède is €10.92/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.

€10.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rouzède€10.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.74 to €13.65/m² a month)
€7.32/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 Rouzède

11pages on Rouzède

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Rouzède

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

How we find them →

Rouzède’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 →
La Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureTerres-de-Haute-CharenteNontronBrieRochechouartLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureTerres-de-Haute-CharenteNontronBrieRochechouartRouzède
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rouzède231—————
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,0258.6B+BB−A+
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,1118.8BA−C+C
Terres-de-Haute-Charente3,77711B−AB+D
Nontron Dordogne3,05714A+AA−B+
Brie4,12514A+A−A+B−
Rochechouart Haute-Vienne3,60315AAAB+

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

About Rouzède

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Rouzède is a commune of 231 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
231 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.4 km²)
INSEE code
16290

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.