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1,593 people call this town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Taponnat-Fleurignac’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D−): 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Taponnat-Fleurignac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Taponnat-Fleurignac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Taponnat-Fleurignac 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.
Taponnat-Fleurignac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Taponnat-Fleurignac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Couvent des Carmes, in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois, 2.4 mi away.
13% 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 Taponnat-Fleurignac.
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.3% of commuters at the census. Taponnat-Fleurignac has 150 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
At the median, a home went for €1,549/m², lower than both Charente’s towns (€1,635/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 54 homes in Taponnat-Fleurignac.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,549/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 129 residents of Taponnat-Fleurignac died, against 169 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Taponnat-Fleurignac is Centre hospitalier D Angouleme, 16.9 mi away. Women in Charente live to 85.7 on average and men to 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 84%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, higher than Charente’s towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. Graduates make up 22% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Taponnat-Fleurignac | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Taponnat-Fleurignac. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de La Rochefoucauld4.1 km southwest, in La Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisChâteauChâteauLogis de Ribérolles4.5 km west, in RivièresMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Carmes de La Rochefoucauld3.9 km southwest, in La Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisAttractionAttractionCloître des Carmes3.9 km southwest, in La Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Taponnat-Fleurignac 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 Taponnat-Fleurignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taponnat-Fleurignac | 1,593 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | 4,025 | 2.7 | B+ | B | B− | A+ |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,111 | 4.1 | B | A− | C+ | C |
| Brie | 4,125 | 7.8 | A+ | A− | A+ | B− |
| Champniers | 5,281 | 11 | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 7,408 | 11 | C+ | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente | 3,777 | 11 | B− | A | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Taponnat-Fleurignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Taponnat-Fleurignac grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Taponnat-Fleurignac is a commune of 1,593 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.