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A town of 1,429 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Captieux’s strongest is walkability — 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 12.6% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,451/m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bazadais. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Captieux 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 2 things Captieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Captieux 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.
Captieux 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 Captieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Cazeneuve, in Préchac, 7.5 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Captieux.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.6% of the population. 12% are under 15, lower than both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 16% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Captieux | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
12.6% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 4.8% of working residents in Captieux to work 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 Captieux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,451/m². A house rents for an estimated €8.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,451/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 245 deaths in Captieux from 2016 to 2025; there were 321, 31% more. The nearest emergency department to Captieux is Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon, 17.8 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The graded crime recorded most in Captieux was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.7 (2023–2025 average). With 700 jobs for 500 working residents, Captieux draws people in from neighbouring communes. Police and gendarmerie figures for Captieux show 18 offenses in 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 · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, 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, 62.3% 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.
Nothing in Captieux 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 Captieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captieux | 1,429 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Bazas | 4,854 | 10 | A− | B− | B− | B+ |
| Casteljaloux Lot-et-Garonne | 4,755 | 17 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Langon | 7,674 | 18 | C | C+ | D− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Captieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,451/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Captieux grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Captieux is a commune of 1,429 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) · 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.