Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,385 people call this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Gaillan-en-Médoc’s best grade is for safety (A−) — an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is its weak spot (C−) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 15.1% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,406/m², so 70 m² costs 7.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gaillan-en-Médoc 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 one thing Gaillan-en-Médoc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gaillan-en-Médoc 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.
Gaillan-en-Médoc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Gaillan-en-Médoc has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1846.
15% 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 Gaillan-en-Médoc.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,290 a year per consumption unit, below Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found 5.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Gaillan-en-Médoc didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Gaillan-en-Médoc. All told, Gaillan-en-Médoc had 28 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, 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, 22.3% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The share of residents under 15 is 14%. 7.1% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Gaillan-en-Médoc | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,406/m², comes from 99 sales of houses and apartments in Gaillan-en-Médoc from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.07/m² a month. Houses accounted for just over four in five sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,183/m² | 81 |
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.
Its care home for older people (42 places) counts its residents as Gaillan-en-Médoc’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 336 residents of Gaillan-en-Médoc died, against 302 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Gaillan-en-Médoc is Église Saint-Pierre. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 13.6 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 49 | 90%±0 pts |
| Collège Les LesquesBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 83%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Gaillan-en-Médoc has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Unozoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Gaillan-en-Médoc as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillan-en-Médoc | 2,385 | — | — | C | A− | C |
| Lesparre-Médoc | 5,872 | 2.2 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Vendays-Montalivet | 2,838 | 6.9 | D− | C | D− | C |
| Hourtin | 4,045 | 10 | B− | D | A− | C |
| Pauillac | 5,190 | 13 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 4,914 | 14 | B | C | A+ | B |
| Soulac-sur-Mer | 3,100 | 15 | D | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,406/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gaillan-en-Médoc grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gaillan-en-Médoc is a commune of 2,385 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île. 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 9, 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.