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A town of 1,425 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ayguemorte-les-Graves 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 Ayguemorte-les-Graves 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.
Ayguemorte-les-Graves has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Ayguemorte-les-Graves as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Castres-Gironde, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ayguemorte-les-Graves is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ayguemorte-les-Graves.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 48 general practitioners in Ayguemorte-les-Graves. The nearest emergency department to Ayguemorte-les-Graves is Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque, 7.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 90 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 24% fewer. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,360 a year per consumption unit. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 41% of adults, above both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.1% of residents. 17% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ayguemorte-les-Graves | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ayguemorte-les-Graves, 100.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.9 mi off. At the general lycée, 100% of 179 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de Saint-SelveNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 85%−8 pts |
| Lycée privé de la Sauque PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 179 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
28 houses and apartments changed hands in Ayguemorte-les-Graves from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Ayguemorte-les-Graves. For 2025, the figures show 10 offenses in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.3 violent offenses and 7.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (80.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ayguemorte-les-Graves. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Mongenan3.9 km east, in PortetsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Portets4.1 km east, in PortetsChâteauChâteauMaison Droit3.8 km northwest, in CadaujacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Couloumey1.7 km southeast, in BeautiranChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Eyrans1.8 km west, in Saint-Médard-d'EyransChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lacaussade4.8 km northeast, in BaurechPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Ayguemorte-les-Graves.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ayguemorte-les-Graves is a commune of 1,425 people in the Communauté de communes de Montesquieu. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayguemorte-les-Graves | 1,425 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans | 3,409 | 1.8 | A | C | B+ | A+ |
| Castres-Gironde | 2,695 | 1.8 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Selve | 3,746 | 2.9 | — | C | — | B |
| Portets | 2,618 | 2.9 | — | C− | — | B |
| La Brède | 4,386 | 3 | A | D | A− | A− |
| Martillac | 3,659 | 3.6 | B+ | C− | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ayguemorte-les-Graves has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 November 4, 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.