Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
240 residents make their home in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Birac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Birac counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
30% 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 Birac.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, near Gironde’s towns (20%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. At 47, the median resident of Birac sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Birac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Birac is Église Saint-Laurent de Birac. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €25,160 a year per consumption unit, lower than Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.6% of working residents in Birac to work at the census. Unemployment runs at 10.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Birac.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Birac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Laurent de Birac: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Birac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birac | 240 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bazas | 4,854 | 3.8 | A− | B− | B− | B+ |
| Langon | 7,674 | 10 | C | C+ | D− | B |
| Toulenne | 2,881 | 11 | B− | C+ | C+ | A− |
| La Réole | 4,487 | 13 | C+ | B+ | D− | C |
| Casteljaloux Lot-et-Garonne | 4,755 | 14 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 3,171 | 15 | B | B+ | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Birac is a commune of 240 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
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.