Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 16,666 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cestas grades B+ overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #28 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment.
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 Cestas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cestas 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cestas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cestas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Cestas, that is below both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,417 residents of Cestas died, against 1,790 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Cestas sits above both Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,776/m² | 333 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Cestas above both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Cestas | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 413 offenses in the graded categories in Cestas in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. With 11,600 jobs for 6,750 working residents, Cestas draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cestas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Cestas is above both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.6%.
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.
In the comparison, Cestas comes close to Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CantelandeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 218 | 91%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cestas. Best known first.
Cestas has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château Haussmann: Photo: Als33120 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Cestas.
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, #61 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 114 burglaries and 117 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #53 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.94/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cestas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cestas is a commune of 16,666 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.