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Some 1,065 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Schools do well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability (D): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for cost of living and B for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bonnetan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bonnetan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bonnetan 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.
Bonnetan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bonnetan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Sadirac, 2.7 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Bonnetan. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bonnetan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Bonnetan is 100.0%, above Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Lestonnac PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €31,430 a year per consumption unit. For its 500 residents in work, Bonnetan has 100 jobs: 0.2 each.
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.
In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 74 deaths in Bonnetan from 2016 to 2025; there were 53, 28% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bonnetan is Nouvelle clinique Bordeaux Tondu, 5.9 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town, below Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. The median resident of Bonnetan is 42.9 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Bonnetan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
The market in Bonnetan: 29 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bonnetan 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 Bonnetan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnetan | 1,065 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Sallebœuf | 2,767 | 1.4 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Fargues-Saint-Hilaire | 3,543 | 1.5 | A− | C | A− | C |
| Sadirac | 4,769 | 2.6 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Pompignac | 3,577 | 2.8 | A+ | C | A | A− |
| Carignan-de-Bordeaux | 4,388 | 3.4 | A | C− | A− | A− |
| Tresses | 5,290 | 3.4 | B+ | C+ | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bonnetan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. At the collège (Collège privé Lestonnac), 100.0% passed the brevet, 3 points above the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bonnetan is a commune of 1,065 people in the Communauté de communes Les Coteaux Bordelais. 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.