Barsac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Barsac 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 Barsac.
HealthHealth C−
Barsac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Barsac: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 187 residents of Barsac died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Barsac · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
5.7 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
Buying in Barsac costs less than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,856/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.75/m² a month, below both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.04/m² a month. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,856/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Barsac€1,856/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,792/m²
65
€10.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.11 to €14.24/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Barsac keeps more of its old housing than Gironde or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Barsac has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Vincent. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Barsac has fewer young adults than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, about level with Gironde’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%). Half of Barsac is older than 45.5, half younger. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.
45.5median age
BarsacGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Barsac has lower unemployment than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5%
The median disposable income was €25,170 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Gironde’s towns (€27,420). Jobs located in Barsac: 450, for 950 residents in work (0.5 each). Public transport took 5.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Barsac, 0.5 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Barsac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.8. Police and gendarmerie figures for Barsac show 27 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence15
Fraud12
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
31.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 31.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Barsac
Is Barsac safe?
Barsac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Barsac good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Barsac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Barsac grades B for cost of living.
About Barsac
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Barsac is a commune of 2,058 people in the Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne. 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.
