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A town of 66 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Sauvagnac a good place to live?

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

What makes Sauvagnac stand out

The 2 things Sauvagnac does most differently from other towns.

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Sauvagnac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sauvagnac’s story

No historic monuments in Sauvagnac

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Eutrope, in Les Salles-Lavauguyon, 2.3 mi away.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sauvagnac.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Sauvagnac than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are under 15

In the comparison, Sauvagnac comes below both Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

59median age
SauvagnacCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP46%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sauvagnac
SauvagnacCharente medianFrance median
Under 156.5%15%17%
15–246.5%9.6%11%
25–449.7%21%23%
45–6444%26%26%
65+34%28%22%
No diploma16%22%19%
CAP or BEP46%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education19%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.0% of commuters in Sauvagnac go to work without a car, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

For Sauvagnac, that is below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Sauvagnac has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 8.6% of the labour force are out of work.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Sauvagnac, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
12%
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 Sauvagnac costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.74/m² a month

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

Sauvagnac sits below both Charente’s towns (€10.82/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€8.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sauvagnac€8.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.76 to €11.29/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 Sauvagnac

11pages on Sauvagnac

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Sauvagnac

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

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Sauvagnac’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 →
Terres-de-Haute-CharenteRochechouartChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisNontronSaint-JunienTerres-de-Haute-CharenteRochechouartChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisNontronSaint-JunienSauvagnac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sauvagnac66—————
Terres-de-Haute-Charente3,7779.9B−AB+D
Rochechouart Haute-Vienne3,60311AAAB+
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,11111BA−C+C
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,02513B+BB−A+
Nontron Dordogne3,05715A+AA−B+
Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne11,41516A−AB−B

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

About Sauvagnac

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Sauvagnac is a commune of 66 people in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. 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
66 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
INSEE code
16364

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.