Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vouthon.
Who lives here
An older town: 29% of residents are 65 or over
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 29% are 65 or over, against 9.6% and 28% in the median compared commune of Charente. 28% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Charente 25%, France 30%).
48median age
VouthonCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Vouthon: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Vouthon, that is above both Charente’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Vouthon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Vouthon is Trois gisements préhistoriques.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer people in Vouthon are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%
Vouthon sits below both Charente’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Vouthon has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 1.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
1%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving95%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
50
jobs based in Vouthon, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Vouthon
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vouthon is a commune of 405 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
Population
405 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Rochefoucauld porte du Périgord
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.
