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A town in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 32 people.
Charens isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up nearly three fifths of its housing. It skews older: 48% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Charens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Charens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte ornée, dite Tune de la Varaine, in Boulc, 9.2 mi away.
50% 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 Charens.
Degrees are held by 39% of adults, higher than both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 48% of the town. Typical age in Charens: 63.5, the median.
35% women, 65% men
About 55 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Charens | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.5% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 48% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
11.1% of Charens’ 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 Charens from July 2023 to June 2026: 1 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €7.73/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Charens is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Charens.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charens is a commune of 32 people in the Communauté de communes du Diois. 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.