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Some 1,527 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 6.4 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. At €1,421/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Estuaire. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Braud-et-Saint-Louis 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.
Each subject compares Braud-et-Saint-Louis 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.
Braud-et-Saint-Louis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Braud-et-Saint-Louis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Braud-et-Saint-Louis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Val-de-Livenne, 4.8 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Braud-et-Saint-Louis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Braud-et-Saint-Louis.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
153 deaths in Braud-et-Saint-Louis between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 147: 4% above. The nearest emergency department to Braud-et-Saint-Louis is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 8 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town. Life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
14.3% of the labour force were unemployed, above Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in Braud-et-Saint-Louis at the census.
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.
36 sales of houses and apartments in Braud-et-Saint-Louis, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,421/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,421/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. 18% are under 15, close to Gironde’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Braud-et-Saint-Louis in two is 44.7.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Braud-et-Saint-Louis | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Braud-et-Saint-Louis yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Braud-et-Saint-Louis is a commune of 1,527 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Estuaire. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braud-et-Saint-Louis | 1,527 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde | 3,175 | 2.8 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Pauillac | 5,190 | 7.5 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Blaye | 5,066 | 8.6 | D− | C+ | D− | C |
| Montendre Charente-Maritime | 3,222 | 11 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 11 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 4,914 | 12 | B | C | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Braud-et-Saint-Louis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,421/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Braud-et-Saint-Louis grades B− for cost of living.
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 November 9, 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.