Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,374 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Izon grades B overall: better than 56% of compared French towns, and #39 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Izon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Izon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Izon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Léo Drouyn, born in 1816, is the one person born in Izon before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Izon.
Of the graded crimes in Izon, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.0% of the index here.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 163 sales of houses and apartments in Izon from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,176/m² for the median of compared towns in Gironde.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,590/m² | 161 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Izon above both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Izon | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Izon is below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Izon has 1,600 jobs for 3,050 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Izon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 459 residents of Izon died, against 447 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Izon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Izon. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Izon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château d'Anglade: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Izon.
Léo Drouyn: Léo Drouyn, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izon | 6,374 | — | B | C− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac | 4,881 | 1.7 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 2.2 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Beychac-et-Caillau | 2,625 | 3.3 | A− | C+ | B | A− |
| Saint-Loubès | 10,027 | 3.7 | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Montussan | 3,628 | 4.2 | B | C | B | A |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 4.6 | — | C | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #8 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.34/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Izon grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Izon is a commune of 6,374 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais. 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.
