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The town has 3,140 residents and lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. At €2,816/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Médullienne. Schools lag: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well: a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Avensan has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Avensan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Avensan 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.
Avensan has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Avensan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1915.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avensan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #77 of 93 in Gironde. A collège lies 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CanteraneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 82%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,450 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The median price, €2,816/m², comes from 106 sales of houses and apartments in Avensan from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.89/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,801/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9% of the town. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Avensan have a median age of 40.3.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Avensan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 177 deaths in Avensan from 2016 to 2025; there were 163, 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Avensan is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 8.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Avensan is Église Saint-Pierre. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Before 1919: that is when one in ten homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Recorded offenses in Avensan came to 16 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3 cases of violence against people and 6.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 34.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Avensan. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Avensan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Croix de Villeranque: Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château Citran: Photo: User:Symac · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Avensan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avensan | 3,140 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Castelnau-de-Médoc | 4,907 | 2.1 | D | C | B+ | D |
| Margaux-Cantenac | 2,845 | 3.6 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Listrac-Médoc | 2,807 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | A− | B− |
| Arsac | 4,124 | 4 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Macau | 4,576 | 7 | A− | C | A− | A− |
| Le Pian-Médoc | 7,292 | 7.2 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Avensan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #77 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,816/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Avensan grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Avensan is a commune of 3,140 people in the Communauté de communes Médullienne. 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.
