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A town of 1,218 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Baron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Baron 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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Baron has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baron.
For its 600 residents in work, Baron has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 2.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 6.7%.
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 Baron is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 7.9 mi away. 48 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 82: 42% below. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, near Gironde’s towns (34%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Residents of Baron have a median age of 44.2. The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Baron | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
29 houses and apartments changed hands in Baron from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Baron is Église Saint-Christophe.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Baron. Best known first.
Baron has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Christophe: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron | 1,218 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron | 2,713 | 1.5 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Créon | 4,950 | 3.8 | B− | C | B− | B |
| Sallebœuf | 2,767 | 4 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Beychac-et-Caillau | 2,625 | 4.5 | A− | C+ | B | A− |
| Sadirac | 4,769 | 4.8 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 5.3 | C+ | C− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Baron is a commune of 1,218 people in the Communauté de communes du Créonnais. 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.