Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,313 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Ambès grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns, and #89 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,894/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Bordeaux Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Ambès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ambès 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ambès, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ambès.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #92 of 93 in Gironde. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.2 mi away. The closest collège is 2.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 82%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.5%, above both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 1,450 residents in work, Ambès has 1,200 jobs: 0.8 each. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Ambès didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Ambès is Polyclinique Bordeaux Rive Droite Cliniq Quatre Pavillons, 10.1 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Ambès records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 247 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 307, 24% more. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%. The middle age in Ambès is 39.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ambès | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.6 (2023–2025 average). In all, 87 offenses reached the police record in Ambès in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Ambès goes for €2,099/m², an apartment for €1,838/m². The median price, €1,894/m², comes from 121 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.93/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,099/m² | 61 |
| Apartments | €1,838/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total, higher than both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Ambès. Best known first.
Ambès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Sainte-Barbe: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ambès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambès | 3,313 | — | D | B+ | C | C− |
| Macau | 4,576 | 4.3 | A− | C | A− | A− |
| Ludon-Médoc | 5,578 | 4.5 | B | C− | A | A |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 4.6 | C− | C | D | C− |
| Cubzac-les-Ponts | 2,693 | 4.7 | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Parempuyre | 10,672 | 5.4 | C | C− | B− | B+ |
| Ambarès-et-Lagrave | 17,644 | 5.6 | D− | C− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #64 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,894/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ambès grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ambès is a commune of 3,313 people in the Bordeaux Métropole. 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 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.