Pupils here do less well than most (C): bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points below the expected rate. Ruelle-sur-Touvre ranks #22 of 26 in Charente, with a C+ overall. That leaves it better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. Cost of living is its strong suit (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
What makes Ruelle-sur-Touvre stand out
The one thing Ruelle-sur-Touvre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ruelle-sur-Touvre 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Ruelle-sur-Touvre than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 83.2%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 175 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Ruelle-sur-Touvre, 91.1% passed the bac, below both Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Ruelle-sur-Touvre’s median home price is €1,645/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.33/m² a month, near Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.04/m² a month. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,645/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ruelle-sur-Touvre€1,645/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Charente median€1,635/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,643/m²
294
€10.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.18 to €13.05/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Ruelle-sur-Touvre has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 8.9% are 15 to 24
27% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Charente’s towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 26% of adults. The middle age in Ruelle-sur-Touvre is 48.7.
48.7median age
Ruelle-sur-TouvreCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Ruelle-sur-Touvre records 91 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 88 in Charente’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in Ruelle-sur-Touvre. At birth, a girl in Charente can expect 85.7 years and a boy 79 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 900 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 910, 1% more.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Ruelle-sur-Touvre · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
3.1 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
Unemployment in Ruelle-sur-Touvre, 12.1%, runs above Charente’s towns and compared French towns
Ruelle-sur-Touvre holds 2,600 jobs; 2,900 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. 2.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Median disposable income comes to €25,400 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
2,600
jobs based in Ruelle-sur-Touvre, 0.9 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Ruelle-sur-Touvre has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Ruelle-sur-Touvre was criminal damage (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.6 cases of violence against people and 14.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 186 offenses here.
7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage63
Family violence43
Burglary24
Other physical violence21
Sexual violence16
Theft from vehicles12
Vehicle theft7
Fraud46
Theft without violence38
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.
7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
186
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Logis de Fissac and 2 more in and around Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ruelle-sur-Touvre. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Is Ruelle-sur-Touvre safe?
It grades B− for safety, #13 of 26 in Charente. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 63 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ruelle-sur-Touvre good?
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #19 of 23 in Charente. 96% of 352 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marguerite de Valois in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ruelle-sur-Touvre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ruelle-sur-Touvre grades B+ for cost of living.
About Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ruelle-sur-Touvre is a commune of 7,408 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
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.
