Bourg has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 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 Bourg 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 Bourg.
Schools
Exam results around Bourg trail 97% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Bourg, 82.0% passed the brevet, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. General-bac pupils go 6.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Bourg costs less than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.23/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,560/m², below both Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest. Bourg recorded 76 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,560/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourg€1,560/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,577/m²
72
€10.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.49 to €12.32/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Bourg, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Gironde’s towns and compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bourg has 6 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Bourg is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 8.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 307 residents of Bourg died, against 266 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. 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
Raw115
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Bourg · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Bourg are out of work than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.6%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,290 a year per consumption unit, below Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Bourg has 700 jobs for 950 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 6.8% of working residents in Bourg didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Bourg, 0.7 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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
Crime per resident in Bourg is higher than in 64% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 12.1 cases of violence against people and 12.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 39 offenses were recorded in Bourg. Police and gendarmerie recorded 39 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
12.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence18
Criminal damage15
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence7
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.
12.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.1%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 13.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Bourg keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Bourg counts 27 protected monuments, above Gironde’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2026. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bourg counts 6 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église de la Libarde.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Bourg than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 29% of adults
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above Gironde’s towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Ages in Bourg split evenly at 44.4: half are older, half younger. 17% of residents are children under 15.
44.4median age
BourgGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Porte du Port: Photo: Tmouchentois · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte de Blaye: Photo: Maoussetitan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de ville: Photo: Tmouchentois · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourg
Is Bourg safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bourg good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourg expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourg grades A− for cost of living.
About Bourg
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bourg is a commune of 2,244 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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.
