Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 409: a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, La Rivière is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Rivière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de La Roque, in Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière, 1.2 mi away.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near La Rivière. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Rivière.
Under 15: 19% of residents. 28% of adults hold a degree, below Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Rivière | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. La Rivière holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 5.3% of working residents in La Rivière didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
5 houses and apartments changed hands in La Rivière from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Rivière 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 La Rivière 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rivière | 409 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Izon | 6,374 | 2.6 | B | C− | A | C+ |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 2.6 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Galgon | 3,144 | 4 | — | B− | — | B |
| Libourne | 25,036 | 4.2 | C− | C− | D− | B |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac | 4,881 | 4.3 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 4.7 | — | C | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Rivière is a commune of 409 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) · 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.