Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 8,331 people.
The weak point is schools (D): bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points below the expected rate. At €2,749/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Bordeaux Métropole. Walkability is its strong suit: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a C− overall, better than 21% of compared French towns. That places it #78 of 100 in Gironde. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Carbon-Blanc 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 Carbon-Blanc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Magasin des Vivres de la Marine, in Bordeaux, 3.2 mi away.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Carbon-Blanc. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carbon-Blanc.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
87.6% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Carbon-Blanc, below Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 86% of 294 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. By results, schools here place #85 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Manon CormierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 122 | 74%−8 pts |
| Lycée Élie FaureNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 301 | 87%−7 pts |
| Collège BlanquiBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 88%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
20.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Carbon-Blanc number 2,750, against 3,650 residents in work (0.8 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,190 a year.
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.
232 sales of houses and apartments in Carbon-Blanc, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,749/m². A house in Carbon-Blanc goes for €2,917/m², an apartment for €2,492/m². The estimated advertised rent is €14.04/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,917/m² | 161 |
| Apartments | €2,492/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with Gironde’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Carbon-Blanc | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.6 cases of violence against people and 15.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 196 offenses in Carbon-Blanc. Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (214 places) count their residents as Carbon-Blanc’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 897 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 992, 11% more. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 8 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Nothing in Carbon-Blanc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Carbon-Blanc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon-Blanc | 8,331 | — | C− | C− | B− | B− |
| Bassens | 8,435 | 0.7 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 4,915 | 1.2 | C− | C | D | B+ |
| Lormont | 25,769 | 1.7 | D− | C− | D− | B− |
| Yvrac | 2,899 | 2.4 | C | C | B | D |
| Ambarès-et-Lagrave | 17,644 | 2.5 | D− | C− | C | B− |
| Artigues-près-Bordeaux | 8,687 | 2.8 | C | C | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #52 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #85 of 93 in Gironde. 87% of 301 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Élie Faure in 2025, 7 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,749/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Carbon-Blanc grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Carbon-Blanc is a commune of 8,331 people in the Bordeaux Métropole. 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 November 4, 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.