Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 11,431: a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Schools do well (A): brevet results a point above the expected rate. Biganos’s overall B puts it #30 of 100 in Gironde. Nationally, it does better than 63% of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, C+ for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Biganos does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Biganos 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Biganos as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Substructions gallo-romaines, in Andernos-les-Bains, 9.4 mi away.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Biganos.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.4 mi away. Collège pupils travel 0.8 mi to the nearest one. On results, collèges and lycées here come #9 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 96%+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.
A house in Biganos goes for €3,488/m², an apartment for €3,588/m². The estimated advertised rent is €14.12/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 77% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,488/m² | 288 |
| Apartments | €3,588/m² | 87 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Biganos holds 4,900 jobs; 5,000 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 14.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
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.
1,183 deaths in Biganos between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,103: 7% above. The nearest emergency department to Biganos is Centre hospitalier D Arcachon, 7.5 mi away. In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 70 GPs practise in the town.
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.
For 2025, the figures show 229 offenses in Biganos. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.2 violent offenses and 14.7 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Graduates make up 28% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.5% of residents, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Biganos | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Biganos is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Biganos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biganos | 11,431 | — | B | C− | B− | C+ |
| Le Teich | 9,180 | 3.1 | B− | C− | A | C+ |
| Audenge | 9,596 | 3.3 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Mios | 12,043 | 3.3 | B+ | C− | A | B |
| Gujan-Mestras | 22,153 | 5.5 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Lanton | 7,337 | 6.1 | A− | D | A | B+ |
| Marcheprime | 5,696 | 6.8 | B | C− | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #48 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #9 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Biganos grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Biganos is a commune of 11,431 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord. 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.