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A town of 3,144 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Galgon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,096/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Fronsadais. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% 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 Galgon 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.
Galgon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Galgon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
12% 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 Galgon.
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,290 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: 700 jobs are based in Galgon, for 1,400 working residents (0.5 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 266 deaths in Galgon from 2016 to 2025; there were 225, 15% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Galgon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
118 sales of houses and apartments in Galgon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,096/m². House rents are put at about €10.42/m² a month. Houses accounted for 82% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,156/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
27% of adults hold a degree, below both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Galgon is 44.3. The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Galgon | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Galgon lists 36 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.1. 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (30.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Galgon; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église Saint-Seurin: Photo: picotche · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Seurin de Queynac: Photo: picotche · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Galgon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galgon | 3,144 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 4 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 5.3 | — | C | — | C |
| Libourne | 25,036 | 5.5 | C− | C− | D− | B |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 6.2 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Izon | 6,374 | 6.4 | B | C− | A | C+ |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 6.5 | C+ | C− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Galgon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,096/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Galgon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Galgon is a commune of 3,144 people in the Communauté de communes du Fronsadais. 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.
