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In Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 5,756 residents.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a B+ overall, Canéjan sits #21 of 100 in Gironde. That leaves it better than 72% of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus (A+) — 2.3 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,422/m² takes 7.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Jalle-Eau-Bourde. The drawback is schools (C) — bac results 3.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Canéjan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Canéjan 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 Canéjan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Tauzia, in Gradignan, 1.5 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Canéjan. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canéjan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
359 deaths in Canéjan between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 538: 33% below. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 9 general practitioners 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
7.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.8% of working residents in Canéjan went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 71% of 128 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. For exam results, it comes #71 of 93 in Gironde. Also worth knowing: the town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CantelandeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 218 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée des GravesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 458 | 97%−2 pts |
| Collège Gérard PhilipeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 84 | 92%+4 pts |
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.33/m² a month, about level with Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 85% were houses. Canéjan recorded 119 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,348/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
With 5,750 jobs for 2,550 working residents, Canéjan draws people in from neighbouring communes. For 2025, the figures show 163 offenses here. Violence against people averaged 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 18.7. The graded crime recorded most in the town was theft from vehicles (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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.6% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Canéjan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Canéjan 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 Canéjan yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C+ for safety, #59 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #71 of 93 in Gironde. 97% of 458 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des Graves in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Canéjan grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Canéjan is a commune of 5,756 people in the Communauté de communes Jalle-Eau-Bourde. 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.