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Saint-FélixCharente

Some 102 people live in this town, in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Félix a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Félix is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just over a fifth of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 41% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-Félix stand out

The 2 things Saint-Félix does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Félix
Église Saint-Félix · Classé · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Félix’s story

Saint-Félix in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Félix: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1984First protected: Église Saint-Félix
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Félix.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Félix are 15 to 24: 1%, fewer than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 13%, below Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 22% of adults hold a degree. Saint-Félix has a median age of 62.5.

62.5median age
Saint-FélixCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Félix
Saint-FélixCharente medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–241%9.6%11%
25–4411%21%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+41%28%22%
No diploma25%22%19%
CAP or BEP36%30%26%
Baccalauréat11%19%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Félix: 46% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Félix is Église Saint-Félix. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Félix, 5.9%, runs below Charente’s towns and compared French towns

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Félix, 0.7 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Saint-Félix costs less than in Charente’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.08/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.79/m² a month. 2 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Félix from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Félix€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.18 to €11.49/m² a month)
€7.79/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 Saint-Félix

11pages on Saint-Félix

Landmarks

Saint-Félix has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Félix: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Félix

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Félix yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Félix’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 →
Barbezieux-Saint-HilaireRoullet-Saint-EstèpheLa Roche-ChalaisChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteLa CouronneBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireRoullet-Saint-EstèpheLa Roche-ChalaisChâteauneuf-sur-CharenteLa CouronneSaint-Félix
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Félix102—————
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire4,72611B−B+C−C+
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe4,35715B+B+A+B
La Roche-Chalais Dordogne3,06016B−B+A−D
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente3,55016AA−A−C+
La Couronne7,76517CBDC+

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

About Saint-Félix

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Félix is a commune of 102 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud 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
102 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
16315

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.