Cérons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C+): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,204/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cérons 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 Cérons.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Cérons sees fewer deaths than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 73 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Cérons comes below both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 145 residents of Cérons died, against 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Cérons · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Cérons keeps more of its old housing than Gironde or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Cérons above both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Cérons: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Cérons is Église Saint-Martin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Cérons has lower unemployment than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9%
On this, Cérons is below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cérons has 400 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport10%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
400
jobs based in Cérons, 0.4 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cérons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 27 offenses in the graded categories in Cérons in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 28.1% of the index here.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence11
Criminal damage11
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence5
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cérons
Is Cérons safe?
Cérons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Cérons good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cérons expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cérons grades C+ for cost of living.
About Cérons
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cérons is a commune of 2,126 people in the Communauté de communes Convergence Garonne. 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.
