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A town of 1,333 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €1,648/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Réolais en Sud Gironde. Work and incomes lag: 1 job per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Gironde-sur-Dropt 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 Gironde-sur-Dropt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gironde-sur-Dropt 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.
Gironde-sur-Dropt 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 Gironde-sur-Dropt; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 2024.
22% 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 Gironde-sur-Dropt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
97.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Gironde-sur-Dropt, above both Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul EsquinanceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 93%+7 pts |
| Lycée Jean RenouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 156 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, below Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 27% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Gironde-sur-Dropt is 47.3 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Gironde-sur-Dropt | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Gironde-sur-Dropt is Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon, 8.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 159 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 16% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Gironde-sur-Dropt; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs based in Gironde-sur-Dropt number 500, against 500 residents in work (1 per worker). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 9.1% of commuters 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.
49 sales of houses and apartments in Gironde-sur-Dropt, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,648/m². Houses made up 71% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,589/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.8 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Gironde-sur-Dropt logged 18 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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, 34.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Gironde-sur-Dropt. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des Quat'Sos3.5 km east, in La RéoleAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de La Réole3.6 km east, in La RéoleFortFortEnceinte de La Réole4.2 km east, in La RéoleAttractionAttractionL'Oseraie de l'Ile4 km southwest, in BarieArt galleryArt galleryLabo3.7 km east, in La RéolePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Gironde-sur-Dropt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gironde-sur-Dropt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gironde-sur-Dropt | 1,333 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| La Réole | 4,487 | 2.4 | C+ | B+ | D− | C |
| Langon | 7,674 | 8.6 | C | C+ | D− | B |
| Toulenne | 2,881 | 9.2 | B− | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 3,171 | 10 | B | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne | 2,670 | 12 | D | B− | D | D− |
| Bazas | 4,854 | 13 | A− | B− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gironde-sur-Dropt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns. 97% of 156 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Renou in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,648/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gironde-sur-Dropt grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gironde-sur-Dropt is a commune of 1,333 people in the Communauté de communes du Réolais en Sud 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 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.