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In Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,599 residents.
Buying 70 m² at the median €2,460/m² takes 6.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. Where it falls short is schools — brevet results 11.6 points below the expected rate. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. Just 12% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Gauriaguet 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 Gauriaguet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gauriaguet 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.
Gauriaguet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gauriaguet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Peujard, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gauriaguet.
People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, lower than both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Gauriaguet are older than 36.6. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Gauriaguet | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile DurkheimNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 7.7% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €25,070 a year per consumption unit, below Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Gauriaguet at the census.
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.
Gauriaguet recorded 36 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.97/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.34/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,460/m² | 36 |
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.
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. After the care-home adjustment, Gauriaguet’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, above both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 78 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 74, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Gauriaguet is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 12.1 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Nothing in Gauriaguet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gauriaguet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauriaguet | 1,599 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 1.9 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 3.5 | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 4.1 | C− | C | D | C− |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 4.5 | — | C | — | C |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 5.3 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cubzac-les-Ponts | 2,693 | 5.7 | B | C | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gauriaguet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 lower than in most compared French towns, so Gauriaguet grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gauriaguet is a commune of 1,599 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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.