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TurgonCharente

A town of 80 in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Turgon a good place to live?

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

What makes Turgon stand out

The 2 things Turgon does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Turgon

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du Boisaugeais, in Nanteuil-en-Vallée, 3.9 mi away.

59% 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 Turgon.

Who lives here

An older town: 40% of people in Turgon are 65 or over, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

In the comparison, Turgon comes above both Charente’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 4.9% of the town.

57.8median age
TurgonCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Turgon
TurgonCharente medianFrance median
Under 154.9%15%17%
15–2411%9.6%11%
25–4412%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+40%28%22%
No diploma28%22%19%
CAP or BEP23%30%26%
Baccalauréat26%19%18%
Higher education15%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Turgon has lower unemployment than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%

For Turgon, that is below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Turgon has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Turgon, 0.3 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Turgon than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.74/m² a month

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

Turgon 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

Turgon€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)
€7.01/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 Turgon

12pages on Turgon

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Turgon

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

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Turgon’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 →
Chasseneuil-sur-BonnieureTerres-de-Haute-CharenteRuffecConfolensCivrayLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureTerres-de-Haute-CharenteRuffecConfolensCivrayLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisTurgon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Turgon80—————
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,1119.1BA−C+C
Terres-de-Haute-Charente3,77710B−AB+D
Ruffec3,44911B+A−D−B
Confolens2,73014BAC+D−
Civray Vienne2,52214AA+B+A−
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,02515B+BB−A+

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

About Turgon

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Turgon is a commune of 80 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
80 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
16389

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.