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This town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 317.
There are no grades for Salles-Lavalette: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 26% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Salles-Lavalette does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Salles-Lavalette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit de La Pierre Levée, in Brantôme en Périgord, 4.5 mi away.
48% 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 Salles-Lavalette.
Over-65s are 29% of the population. 12% are under 15, lower than both Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Salles-Lavalette by age and the one in the middle is 53.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Salles-Lavalette | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Salles-Lavalette, for 150 working residents (0.5 per worker). Unemployment stood at 9.9%, below Charente’s towns (11.0%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). 10.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Salles-Lavalette from July 2023 to June 2026: 14 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Salles-Lavalette. Best known first.
Nothing in Salles-Lavalette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Salles-Lavalette yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-Lavalette | 317 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ribérac Dordogne | 3,734 | 11 | C+ | A | C− | C+ |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,357 | 17 | B+ | B+ | A+ | B |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 17 | C | B | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Salles-Lavalette is a commune of 317 people in the Communauté de communes Lavalette Tude Dronne. 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.