Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and B− for walkability.
Auros 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.
Each subject compares Auros 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auros.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Auros’ ages would predict, 62 per 100 expected, under Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Auros has 3 family doctors. In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 92 residents of Auros died, against 122 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer.
−38%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted62
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Auros · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Auros keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Auros, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Auros run lower than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,770 a year per consumption unit
8.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 6.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Auros, 0.5 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Auros
Is Auros safe?
Auros has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Auros
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Auros is a commune of 1,072 people in the Communauté de communes du Réolais en Sud Gironde. 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
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.
