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Few residents are of retirement age: 12% are 65 or over. Some 1,915 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cubnezais’s lowest grade is for schools (D−): brevet results 11.6 points below the expected rate. At €2,337/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.3% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well — 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cubnezais 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 Cubnezais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cubnezais 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.
Cubnezais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cubnezais; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
14% 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 Cubnezais.
Over-65s are 12% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% of the town, below Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. At 37.8, the median resident of Cubnezais sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Cubnezais | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Philippe MadrelleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 69%−19 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 9.3%. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,630 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.
Cubnezais recorded 55 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.97/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.34/m² a month, below Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,337/m² | 55 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Cubnezais is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 12.8 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Cubnezais records 97 deaths per 100 expected, above both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). 89 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 92: 3% below. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cubnezais; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Of the graded crimes in Cubnezais, burglary came up most often (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.5 (2023–2025 average). All told, Cubnezais had 22 recorded 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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 51.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Cubnezais has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cubnezais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubnezais | 1,915 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 1.7 | — | C | — | D |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 3.6 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 4.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | 5 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 5.3 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 5.4 | C− | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cubnezais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cubnezais grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cubnezais is a commune of 1,915 people in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. 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.