Bazas’s strongest subject is schools (A−): bac results 3.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Overall, Bazas earns an A−: better than three quarters of compared French towns, and #16 of 100 in Gironde. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is jobs & income (C+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,964/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bazadais.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bazas 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 Bazas.
History
Old homes shape Bazas: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Bazas: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995. Per 10,000 residents, Bazas counts 16 protected monuments, above Gironde’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne cathédrale, dite église Saint-Jean.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Bazas, 97.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #17 of 93 in Gironde.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 31% of people in Bazas are 65 or over, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 13%, below Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
52median age
BazasGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Bazas sees fewer deaths than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bazas has 12 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Bazas is Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon, 7.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 742 residents of Bazas died, about as many as the 742 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Bazas · 5.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
7.6 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
Incomes in Bazas run lower than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,660 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 12.0%, higher than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Bazas didn’t travel to work at all. The census found 14.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,000
jobs based in Bazas, 1.7 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Bazas than in 55% of compared French towns
The graded crime recorded most in Bazas was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 129 offenses locally. Violence against people averaged 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.3. The town has 3,000 jobs for 1,800 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
10.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Other physical violence28
Family violence25
Burglary14
Sexual violence12
Vehicle theft9
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
Theft without violence29
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.
10.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
129
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Bazas costs less than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
111 sales of houses and apartments in Bazas, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,964/m². Houses were 89% of what sold.
€1,964/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bazas€1,964/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,975/m²
99
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.15 to €12.44/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,840
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Bazadais
Ancienne église Notre-Dame dou Mercadilh: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enceinte fortifiée: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de Bourges: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de ville: Photo: Henry SALOMÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bazas
Is Bazas safe?
It grades B− for safety, #52 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bazas good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #17 of 93 in Gironde. The lycée stands out: 99% of 217 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gisèle Halimi in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bazas expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,964/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bazas grades B− for cost of living.
About Bazas
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bazas is a commune of 4,854 people in the Communauté de communes du Bazadais. 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.
